Violent video games make you can you guess?

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BenVitale
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I read, some time ago, a research unveiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that claims video game players were more likely to be overweight, depressed and introverted.

but this article says: http://sify.com/news/violent-video-games-make-you-smarter-news-international-kexk4chbaaj.html

Does this surprise you? Well, it did surprise me.
 
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I agree.

I also think it develops quick-thinking strategy styles. It teaches you to predict, not to react.
 
I play violent video games and I'm a genius so it must be true.
 
Topher925 said:
I play violent video games and I'm a genius so it must be true.

This made my day.
 
GTA is OK, but Battlefield Bad Company 2 is where its at.
 
Wow, I can see it now a nation full of smart couch potatoes. If needed the army can come in with wheel barrows and cart them off to command centers where they are dumped on to couches with Mt Dew piped in. They could keep remote controlled battles going for days on end.
 
Integral said:
Wow, I can see it now a nation full of smart couch potatoes. If needed the army can come in with wheel barrows and cart them off to command centers where they are dumped on to couches with Mt Dew piped in. They could keep remote controlled battles going for days on end.

[PLAIN]http://media.strategywiki.org/images/b/bd/Starcraft_Terran_Command_Center.jpg

Command centre's are where it's at! But seriously video games with many functions such as WoW and whatnot and all the characteristics in that game that you have to calculate do stimulate your brain (to a certain degree).
 
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Integral said:
Wow, I can see it now a nation full of smart couch potatoes. If needed the army can come in with wheel barrows and cart them off to command centers where they are dumped on to couches with Mt Dew piped in. They could keep remote controlled battles going for days on end.

Couch potatoes? Please... Real video gamer don't play games on councils, they play on PCs in chairs.
 
BenVitale said:
I read, some time ago, a research unveiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that claims video game players were more likely to be overweight, depressed and introverted.

but this article says: http://sify.com/news/violent-video-games-make-you-smarter-news-international-kexk4chbaaj.html
That finding doesn't contradict the CDC research. As with many things, the problems come if you are obsessive about them.