But putting AI in a computer game is not simple.

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The researchers have not shown which aspects of the programme lead to the improvements: a child's language comprehension may improve simply because he or she is forced to listen to a barrage of phonemes, not something that an expensive and complicated computer game is necessary for.

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Game play is decided by a computer on the side of the pitch.

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"The GD300 is a game-changing computer that will save lives, " said Mike DiBiase, vice president of Computing Technologies for General Dynamics C4 Systems.

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It is much like playing a grim computer game.

ECONOMIST: Serious games

Though the display resembles a primitive computer game in its blockiness, Dexter Turner, the president of Op Technologies, a rival firm that is developing a similar system, points out that this is quite adequate.

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The general election game plays out the polling battle on a computer controlled board that is part-Monopoly, part-Trivial Pursuit.

BBC: Playing the politics game

With UltraViolet, consumers have greater flexibility and can watch or store purchased content on their terms whether it is on a mobile device, computer, television, game console, or storage device.

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This October, Richard Garriott, a computer-game developer and son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, is scheduled to become Space Adventures' sixth client to leave the planet followed by a seventh yet-to-be identified passenger next April.

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The new title is based off "Ultima IV, " a computer game dating all the way to 1985.

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Is pastoral care something that can be taught by a computer game?

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First, the ESRB, which is a non-profit self-regulatory body, independently rates every computer and video game on store shelves.

FORBES: Connect

The game is also credited with inspiring a whole generation of game designers, just as the computer revolution took root.

NPR: D&D Turns 30

Often, childhood obesity is attributed to a " toxic environment, " filled with endless hours of computer use and video game playing.

CNN: Schools given $25K to help kids move

And while the crew at Firaxis is busy working on the next computer strategy game, traditional board strategy games have been making a revival as well.

CNN: The rebirth of turn-based strategy games

But above all, what Nintendo has learned from its research over the past few decades -- and what television makers and rival game companies like Sony Computer Entertainment are learning -- is that 3-D plus glasses is a losing formula, Nintendo executives said.

CNN: Mark Milian