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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 31 Jan 2014

    A colleague just forward me a brand new study about videogames' cognitive impacts. The study used Zork and Myst as represenative games. :o

    9:51 AM - 31 Jan 2014
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      2. dan hon has left the building‏ @hondanhon 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame was it a 20 year study?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @hondanhon

        @hondanhon hilarious :)

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      4. dan hon has left the building‏ @hondanhon 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame cos yeah, I'd say they helped me! Well done, good study!

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      5. Laura E. Hall‏ @lauraehall 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @hondanhon

        @hondanhon @avantgame To be fair, everything I've ever done in my life since 1993 can be traced back to Myst.

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      6. dan hon has left the building‏ @hondanhon 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @lauraehall

        @lauraehall @avantgame exactly! 20 year study!

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      1. Matt Van Horn  🌊‏ @nycplayer 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @SomethingFormed

        @SomethingFormed @avantgame Myst may have been '95, Zork was closer to '85, I think. Not 486, 6502. (But I still love it)

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      1. Trent Oster‏ @TrentOster 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Wow, keeping right up with the bleeding edge there. Projects like this hurt the perception of academia in games

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      1. Cheryl Platz‏ @muppetaphrodite 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Was the cognitive impact found to be the sense that one has traveled in time?!?

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      2. Angelo  🎮 ⚖️  🍁 🍂 🦃 🥧‏ @AngeloAlcid 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame That sounds like a brand new study about the cognitive impact of movies referencing the "talkies" of the 1920s.

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      1. Gary J Rogers‏ @garyjrogers 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Pong study to be released next month. Stay tuned!

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      1. Sascha Goto‏ @SaschaGoto 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Too funny. Can they throw Pong and Space Invaders into the mix?

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      1. Zachary McCune‏ @zmccune 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Wonderful! After failing to complete the game when younger, I completed a "critical playing" in college http://thames2thayer.com/portfolio/in-bookish-play/ …

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      1. André Blackman‏ @mindofandre 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame oh man. Myst and Riven leveled up my imagination big time as a kid.

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      1. Kevin Marks‏ @kevinmarks 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame how are they still able to play 20 year old games?

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      1. Chris Pioli‏ @cpioli64 31 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame From experience in researching psychological studies in video games, this is typical of academia.

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      2. Save v. Justice‏ @bryce963 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame @ProfBanks That seems a little skewed if applied to games in general.

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      3. jess  🇺🇸 ➡️ 🇳🇿 T minus 19d‏ @ProfBanks 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @bryce963

        @bryce963 @avantgame It also seems like maybe they have a time machine, and the '80s want their games back.

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      4. Ian‏ @Nai_Calus 31 Jan 2014
        Replying to @ProfBanks

        @ProfBanks @bryce963 @avantgame Myst was the 90s!

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