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Crusader Kings II Diary – Of Money, Mercenary Bands and Titles

A lot of the writing linked to Crusader Kings II focuses on the dynamics of the character system and the way players take advantage of relationships, rivalries and traits to advance the power of their own dynasty while keeping rivals around them from reaching their own purposes. But in many ways, the grand strategy ...

28 April 2012
17:51 GMT

People Hate Being Idle

Most people take working for granted. They find that getting a job is something that comes natural, and admit that they would otherwise be bored out of their skulls. This mentality may be deeply rooted in the fact that our species appears to literally hate being idle, and doing nothing, experts say. A group of scient...

22 July 2010
04:45 GMT

Commercials Make TV Shows More Enjoyable

Most people are annoyed out of their mind when the most exciting moment of the movie or TV show they're watching is interrupted by a set of mindless commercials, but scientists now claim that this is for the best. In other words, the ads that are aired at various intervals throughout the usual program play an im...

3 March 2009
04:04 GMT

Doodling May Be Good for the Memory

A new scientific study comes to prove that people who doodle during boring presentations or classes are actually 30 percent more likely to remember names of individuals and places than those who get so bored that they start daydreaming. Persons who draw insignificant sketches are, in fact, more prone to staying focus...

27 February 2009
15:01 GMT

Boredom Disconnects Parts of Your Brain

Researchers at the University of Michigan, led by Daniel Weissman, studied the interactions that occur between multiple areas of the brain when boredom sets in, and discovered that, as attention fades, so does the intensity at which several nervous centers communicate. The results were obtained by keeping volunteers ...

11 December 2008
06:06 GMT


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