Video Games

Computer game boosts maths scores according to an article at the BBC News online. Seems that a daily dose of computer games can boost maths attainment, according to a study carried out in Scottish schools, the BBC writes.

After conducting a study of more than 600 pupils in 32 schools across Scotland using the Brain Training from Dr Kawashima game on the Nintendo DS every day, improvements in pupils’ concentration and behaviour were found.

While on the topic of video games, for any of you particularly interested in Scottish related games, there a couple you might want to check out.

By now you must have seen the movie Braveheart, and there is a PC game title by the same name Braveheart which you can easily get for a great price at ebay.

Another is an expansion pack for Medieval: Total War called Viking Invasion. It covers all of the British Isles, starting in about 800AD - where you can control Picts, or pretty much any of the kingdoms that were around then. You can also, of course, control the Norse. It’s a few years old, but I very playable and interesting because it’s that rare combination of strategy and Scotland.

An interesting piece of information about the two “all time great,” video games “Grand Theft Auto” and “Lemmings,” is that they were developed by Scottish software companies. How about that then!

Here’s a site where you can buy games for the Nintendo Wii, and another where you can buy that gaming computer if its a PC gaming computer you are after.

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