Is it possible to improve your reflexes by playing video games?

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physics user1
And hand eye coordination by playing first person shooters videogames like halo or cod?
 
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Have you looked through pubmed database for papers on the topic? Here's an example of a review study:
The virtual brain: 30 years of video-game play and cognitive abilities
Evidence is continuing to accumulate that suggests both brief and extensive experience with video-games can result in a broad range of cognitive enhancements which may generalize beyond the context of video-game play. (...) There are, however, concerns about current research practices that need to be addressed (...) to clarify the validity of the current results.
 
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