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In wuv with the Wii
By Carl Hoover
| Monday, November 20, 2006, 02:56 PM
Amid all the buzz about Nintendo’s new game console the Wii, Seed Magazine suggests that the device may create loyal fans because of its physicality: The physical movement required to play the games — swinging a virtual bat, tennis racket or golf club, aiming virtual weapons, rolling virtual bowling balls — creates an emotional dimension that helps brand the memory in the brain.
Intriguing stuff and probably more than a grain of truth. I think that movies and video often strike an emotional chord deep within us because we’re getting both visual and aural information that’s processed, in part, by the brain’s emotional centers, while books offer input (words) that’s analysed by a more logical part of the brain.
One question: If body movement imprints an emotional response to a videogame, shouldn’t that make Dance Dance Revolution fans the most loyal of gamers?
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