Image: Paramount Pictures

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants!
Rot your kids’ brains right there in their heads will he.
SpongeBob SquarePants!

There’s a lot of hullabaloo on the web today about a newly-published study out of the University of Virginia that shows that preschoolers who watched SpongeBob SquarePants had increased difficulty performing tasks requiring focus and self-control. The study draws the conclusion that watching a fast-paced TV show negatively affects kids’ cognitive functioning for a short time after watching it.

The scientists conducting the study,...

Sony's wedge-shaped Tablet S is a PlayStation-Certified device. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

Android fans who like to get their game on will be pleased to know GameStop is getting into the tablet scene with its own Android tablet.

GameStop president Tony Bartel told GamesIndustry.biz the company will launch a GameStop-branded tablet with several games pre-installed and game updates offered over the air.

“We’re in test phase right now. But we’re excited at the prospect of coming out with this tablet. I would call it a ‘GameStop certified gaming platform,’” Bartel said. “We looked at all the tablets and...