In the latest study commissioned by RealNetworks’ RealGames division, RealNetworks aims to correlate casual gameplay with improvement of bad habits. Thereby making “casual gaming” good for you. Need to lose weight, quit smoking, quit hitting the potato chips? Play a game it seems.

According to their study, 59% of the survey participants said that casual gaming offer a “positive distraction” from overeating, and 42% said it helps distract them from smoking. Smokers apparently prefer “hidden picture” games to other types, whatever that is. No surprise, either, that the survey results show that taking a little clicky-break to play a casual game helped them relieve stress.

I wonder why console publishers don’t underwrite studies like these periodically, to show the positive impact games in general might have on their audience.

You can read the full study here after the jump.
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Contrary to what you might think, this is not Nvidia’s latest graphics card, this is in fact screenshots from ensemble studio’s latest game-in-progress Halo Wars.

The team over at Ensemble Studios got around to updating their website, adding some screen shots and info on 2 of the units to be featured in the game Halo Wars.

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Previously, we reported about last week’s MLG San Diego unveiling of the remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s popular “Chill Out” map for Halo 3.

Well, Bungie has graced us with two screenshots of “Cold Storage” with MUCH better quality. One’s above, but the full resolution photos are after the jump.
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