Gaming sharpens surgery skills

Trainee surgeons are turning to game consoles to hone their scalpel skills, says The Guardian.

A study has found that students become more proficient at making the delicate and smooth movements needed in surgery after playing certain computer games.

The researchers found that the students scored better at practice operations after playing games on Nintendo's Wii console, an effect attributed to the wireless controllers used to direct the onscreen action.

Online game publishing firm True Games Interactive, founded by Jeff Lujan and Bob Drobish, has opened, says The Game Reviews.

Drobish and Lujan, together with the rest of the experienced True Games staff, are to create links between Eastern and Western developers while working to distribute their products across the world.

Lujan says True Games has "built a strong team of talented industry veterans to lead True Games into the online gaming world", and "we are working with some of the industry's most respected developers to deliver high-quality gaming experiences".

Technology experts concerned with the development of children have suggested that videogames should be withheld from kids until they reach the age of seven, says M & C.

Education psychologist Jane Healy went on to suggest the observation of young kids playing computer games revealed that the majority simply strike keys or frantically move the mouse controller with no clear direction: "It reminds me of rats running in a maze," she said in a Daily Mail report.

Healy believes that parents should consider keeping their children away from electronic games until the age of seven, which will allow an appropriate length of time for proper brain development.