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Posted Mar 13, 2007 at 06:37PM by Jex H. Listed in: News, Xbox Live, Games, NCAA March Madness 07 Tags: Electronic Arts, Florida, EA Sports, Downloadable Content, Texas A&M
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NCAA March Madness 07 packshot - Image 1Electronic Arts announced today that they've just released new in-game downloadable content for their recently released sports title, NCAA March Madness 07.

The collegiate ball-playing game hit shelves around two months ago and to continually spruce up your hoop-shooting gameplay experience, EA released a Selection Sunday Bracket Pack which features the following:
  • downloadable 65-team NCAA Tournament bracket - allows you to update the game with the recently announced official Selection Sunday brackets, accurate seedings, and team ratings
  • the authentic Final Four court from the Georgia Dome
Wanna know EA SPORTS' prediction for the Final Four teams? Based on their computerized simulation via team ratings, their bets go to the University of Florida and Pittsburgh University in one semifinal, and the University of North Carolina against Texas A&M University in the other semifinal.

But hey, it's still too early to find out for sure, so if you're favorite team's not included in that prediction, make sure you stay tuned to find out who the Final Four will be. The Selection Sunday Bracket Pack should be up on Xbox Live Marketplace right about now so make sure to check that out.

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Posted Feb 19, 2007 at 04:56AM by Glen D. Listed in: Opinions & Analysis Tags: Texas A&M, Texas
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GTA - Image 1The debate on whether or not gory games turn kids into killers rages and the summation of all the findings still leaves a big question mark, even as laws are written and repealed regarding the matter.

Ph.D. researcher Christopher Ferguson of the Texas A&M International University’s Department of Behavioral, Applied Sciences and Criminal Justice says, " Results from the current meta-analysis found that there were about 25 recent studies on violent video game effects, with conflicting results. "

He also added that publication bias is among the biggest factors why results remain inconclusive. It was also determined that there is very little valid evidence that playing games that depict violence actually causes a person to behave aggressively himself.

The following quotes were found in a copy of Ferguson's findings:

(it) appears that news outlets may promote media violence in general, and video game violence specifically as a direct cause of violent behavior.

Despite the relatively young and sparse nature of the research on violent video game effects, some researchers have claimed that the evidence is conclusive…

Yet a close read of the literature reveals that many of the studies used to support this link provide only questionable or inconsistent evidence.


Part of the problem may be that video game researchers have adopted unreliable methodologies from media violence research in general… Most of the research (particularly laboratory research) employs unvalidated ad-hoc measures of “aggression”.



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