The Violent Path to Happines

I found this site due to it’s amazing design, but actually found the content pretty interesting – until I noticed it was a viral site for a video game. But still cool concept...

"The worldwide movement we all know as Kah Ra Shin started in 1900 in a small Tibetan village, when an angry peasant boy discovered the joy and release to be found in smashing things. Now his philosophy helps millions of enraged people find inner peace.

Once destroyed an object cannot be undestroyed. So before opening the door to destruction, the first action in any Kah Ra Shin session is to release as much anger as possible by performing a long guttural scream."

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Press Start to Begin This Surgery

In a recent study, it was found that playing video games could be beneficial to surgeons’ skills.

"Laparoscopy and related surgeries involve manipulating instruments through a small incision or body opening where the surgeon's movements are guided by watching a television screen.

Video game skills translated into higher scores on a day-and-half-long surgical skills test, and the correlation was much higher than the surgeon's length of training or prior experience in laparoscopic surgery, the study said."

I’m not sure if I want my doctor thinking about his combo moves from Mortal Kombat while he’s working on my innards, but it sounds like I enjoy the results. Maybe after spending a little more time with my PS2, I might just start checking out some med schools…

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