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Stimulating adventures challenge players to become part of the story
on the Edmonton Journal (thanks Logan Foster) is a letter to the editors
written by Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk, joint CEOs of BioWare, in
response to an article the Journal ran based on the same announcement in the ZDnet
Computer games linked to learning problems article mentioned here last week
(story), bringing the study's generalizations into question.
Meanwhile, Heavy Entertainment,
an "upcoming computer game publisher" based out of the UK
coincidentally sends along word of their own rebuttal to the article, which
isn't available in HTML, but rather as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf
file, a Word .doc,
and a simple
text file. While as noted when posting the previous rebuttal to this piece
(story), software developers and publishers can't really be considered impartial
in this case, the BioWare letter (in which they also stress the value of a
balanced lifestyle) carries a bit of added credibility owing to the fact that
the BioWare founders are each medical doctors, which allows them to bring the
study's methodology into question. Here's an excerpt:
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