3D is better for the eyes

As I was taking a break from multiple hours of gaming (that’s what we do here) I got to thinking about the 3DS and how our eyes can use it to their advantage. After 5 or so hours I felt I needed a break, my eyes were feeling a bit weird and tired from looking at a screen for so long, nothing bad just completely normal fatigue. I needed to go outside and look at real things. As I looked at the sky I felt my eyes relax instantly, looking into the distance made me feel better. Then I realised the eye fatigue could have been just from focusing on the same point the entire time, the distance from my eye to the screen. Not the screen itself.

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3DS Impressions – Myer

Myer in Australia held a 3 hour demonstration of 3DS on Thursday for the public, and I was lucky enough to get there in time to play it. The line was huge: when I got there I was number 242 and had to wait an hour to get to the front of the line. It curved around the store into obscure aisles and I spent half the time looking at backpacks and Lego. Then I got 15 minutes to play a few games on the system and it was definitely worth it.


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Hot Wheels Track Attack

Hot Wheels. Hell yeah. The joy of pushing a toy car around isn’t something a videogame can ever capture, but it can come close! Being a licensed game, it’s easy to be skeptical of this. Thankfully, rather than trying to make a quick buck, Firebrand, developers of Trackmania Wii, have put together a great Hot Wheels package here. Track Attack has a good variety of content, with 5 game modes, a track editor and 4 player split screen, there’s some fun to be had.

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