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Those strange sounds that have been scaring players in Demon's Souls are actually just a bug, according to a new statement from Sony. Players first noticed the creepy sounds in the Nexus, a location ...

Researchers have shown that humans perceive approaching sounds differently than we perceive receding sounds. We overestimate how quickly the sound approaching us is moving (Neuhoff, 2001). There is ...