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  • PS4 Pool Game Teased by ‘Hustle Kings’ Creators

    Sony has made it a point to embrace indie and other small developers to fill in the gaps between the PlayStation 4’s big AAA-budget games. As such, the PlayStation 4 is now getting weekly releases, such as today’s Doki-Doki Universe.

    Today yet another upcoming PlayStation 4 title was announced. Voofoo Studios, the makers of PlayStation 3 (and PS Vita) games Hustle Kings and Pure Chess have announced that they are bringing a pool game to Sony’s next-generation console. Titled Pure Pool, the game promises to simulate a real pool hall, complete with extra-shiny next-gen billiard balls. Over on the PlayStation Blog Voofoo Studios Creative Producer Shaun Read stated that the developer will “blur your perception of what’s real and what’s a game” and “won’t be happy until Pure Pool is…an essential purchase for every proud PS4 owner.”

    Along with the announcement, Voofoo has released a teaser trailer for what PS4 owners might expect from Pure Pool. Though the video is little more than a tech demo, the end of the trailer is interesting in that it announces Pure Pool will be coming to PlayStation 4 sometime in 2014.

  • Study: 1 in 5 Americans Pee in the Pool

    Study: 1 in 5 Americans Pee in the Pool

    Memorial Day weekend has passed. Pools are open across the country and the official welcome party for summer is over.

    If you went to a crowded pool this weekend, or if you plan to the rest of this summer, you might want to think about taking a long shower afterwards. A new study published in the Huffington Post reveals that 1 in 5 Americans Pee in the pool.

    The study was conducted by the Water Quality and Health Council, who found that not only were people admitting to peeing in the pool, but 7 in 10 people said they didn’t take a shower before getting in.

    According to the Chair of the Water Quality and Health Council, Dr. Chris Wiant; “Swimming is not a substitute for bathing. Too many people unknowingly treat the pool as a communal bathtub. It may seem counterintuitive, but it’s important to shower before you jump in the pool to help keep swimming healthy for everyone in the pool.”

    Sweat, cosmetics, sunscreen, hair products, fecal matter and dirt can mix with chlorine to create irritants that cause skin rashes and irritate the eyes. These irritants are what cause red eyes after swimming, and the strong chemical smell some pools have, not chlorine.

    It is also important to recognize that chlorine does not kill all germs. The Huffington Post notes that bacteria like Cryptosporidium can still survive in Chlorine. This germ is responsible for half of all gastrointestinal outbreaks.

    There is really no way to avoid any of this, except to stay away from public swimming pools al together… Which isn’t a bad idea for many reasons.