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Quick Look: RISK Factions

RISK is one of the classic boardgames but it had failed to get a solid video game treatment until the launch of RISK: Factions, which was first launched on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft and is now arriving on Facebook with a number of changes.Publisher Electronic Arts has managed the impressive feat of ...

16 January 2012
18:21 GMT

RISK: Factions Is Uniquely Suited to Facebook Sensibilities

RISK: Factions managed to become a surprise hit in 2010, when it launched on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft, and now publisher Electronic Arts is bringing the game to the Facebook social service, seeking to expand the audience for the Hasbro property.Speaking to Gamasutra Spencer Brooks, who is the produ...

12 January 2012
16:41 GMT

Loss Aversion Is Not a Stable Measure

Researchers funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) recently established that impulses which have been with our species since its earliest days still affect our financial and economic decisions to this day, with far-reaching effects. The investigation was conducted by researchers at the Arizona State Univ...

21 October 2011
15:01 GMT

Rockstar Was the Only Studio to Take Risk on L.A. Noire, Says Team Bondi

Team Bondi might not be working with the people at Rockstar on any new projects, but the leader of the team that has created L.A. Noire says that there was no company that was ready to risk as much as they have in order to bring a game to the market. Brendan McNamara, who is the leader of Team Bondi, has spoken to...

28 July 2011
13:41 GMT

Five Times the Risk of Assault on Teenage Girls in Deprived Areas

A new study carried out by researchers at Cardiff University, UK, concluded that teenage girls living in the most deprived areas are five times more likely to be assaulted, compared to their male and female peers.Young men have twice as many risks of being assaulted than young women, but in deprived environments, the...

23 December 2010
04:38 GMT

Migraine Can Trigger Heart Disease and Stroke

People that suffer from migraines with aura have a higher risk of dying from heart attack or stroke, a new research published today on bmj.com suggests.The researchers found a link between migraine associated with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) and death from hear...

25 August 2010
10:15 GMT

Falling Perception Influences Falls in Seniors

Falls among older people are influenced by the fear or perception they have on falling, regardless of their actual fall risk, finds a study published yesterday on bmj.com.Most older people have an irrational fear of falling, associated with poor balance, depression, anxiety and falls, that has been so far neglected b...

20 August 2010
04:49 GMT

Some Meat-Related-Compounds Multiply Cancer Risks

An increased risk of developing bladder cancer has been linked to meat components related to processing methods, says a new study published online. The research is presented in CANCER, an online peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.The findings might prove useful for understanding the part that a cert...

2 August 2010
04:29 GMT

How to Boost Risk Tolerance in Men

According to a new set of scientific investigations, it would appear that men tend to experience an elevated tolerance for taking risks after physical contact. Investigators behind the new work says that something as simple as a pat on the back by women makes men more ready to take on situations that they would have ...

13 May 2010
04:09 GMT

RISK: Factions Conquers XBLA in Spring

EA Play, a division of Electronic Arts, which focuses on delivering smaller games that can be played on consoles and on social platforms, has announced that it plans to release a version of the popular RISK game on Xbox Live Arcade. The Hasbro title is well known as a board game and the EA Play port will have an new ...

14 January 2010
03:01 GMT

Free Risk-Management iPhone App Available for Download

A company providing risk-management technology announced today its Enterprise application for iPhone and iPod touch, which allows users to access risk-management dashboards right from the device. Employing this method, they can monitor key metrics and manage project tasks with ease, according to CS STARS LLC. As a b...

22 October 2009
10:25 GMT

Buying Fillers and Botox Online Can Lead to Permanent Disfiguration

Ever since a do-it-yourself Botox kit was found on eBay, concerns over just how many of these prescription drugs and treatments can be found online have been raised. As a recent investigation of the Daily Mail reveals, one can buy almost anything off the Internet – and risk being disfigured for life in the proc...

7 May 2009
15:21 GMT

NASA's Top Problems Report

NASA's independent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its yearly assessment related to the agency's most difficult situations to be addressed in the future. They are all related to money at some point. The most important is, as probably expected, concerns the space shuttle retirement program ...

19 November 2008
05:33 GMT

Natural Disaster Prevention Program Launched

The International Council for Science (ICSU) has recently thought of an international program that would facilitate a more adequate approach to preventing natural disasters, diminishing their negative effects and repairing the damage they cause. The project will join scientific fields of all types in a common humanit...

22 October 2008
10:08 GMT

Sex Boosts Gambling Behavior

This is the recipe used by most commercials: put a hot babe near the product, everything from cars to pencils, and the men will buy it. Is it that easy? Partially yes, as revealed by a new Stanford study published in the journal "NeuroReport." Men may react like this in case of positive stimuli, especially if they ar...

4 April 2008
15:16 GMT

Manned Mission to Mars Grounded. Radiation Risk too High

On Earth, we are protected against radiation by the powerful magnetic field of the planet, however in space it's an entirely different ballgame. Radiation can severely damage or even destroy living cells inside the human body. Even on the space station, which receives a fair share of protection from Earth's...

1 April 2008
07:38 GMT

Study Shows No Health Risks from Mobile Phone Masts

Mobile phones have been considered for some time now to be responsible for health discomforts and even illnesses, due to radiation. Telecommunication masts are even more feared, as the signal is even greater in these areas.Results of several studies have failed in reaching a definite conclusion, as many of them state...

26 July 2007
05:08 GMT

Don't Visit TK Domains!

The Internet is no longer a safe place and you all know that because the number of the sites that are containing malicious files is increasing every day. Although numerous Internet giants are fighting to eliminate the most dangerous pages, some pages are looking to distribute very dangerous threats. McAfee's Sit...

13 March 2007
06:48 GMT


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