Video game study

[GraingerGuy]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/05/28/action.video.ap/index.html


NEW YORK (AP) -- All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like "Grand Theft Auto III" and "Counter-Strike" may sharpen your mind.

I knew it!! :D

[Bires]

I've known it all along.

My history:

Apple IIe games: Droll, Conan, Bruce Lee
I am vicious martial artist, equally skilled and deadly with a throwing axe and my bare hands.
...
Apple IIgs games: Tass Times in ToneTown, California Games
I am a relentless, extradimensional gumshoe that can hackysack and surf with the best of them
...
Nintendo games: Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, Batman, Blaster Master
Dragons, evil death knights, diabolical supervillians, and radioactive fish pose no threat to me
...
Sega Genesis: Phantasy Star 1 (with SMS converter),2,3,4
Even in the future, the above still applies
...pause...
Get a PC...
COLLEGE
Physics, Chemistry, Ethics, and History pose little challenge
...
GRAD SCHOOL
Due to my experience with video games, computer games, and various movies, I realize that just as there is no spoon, grad school is a just a Surreptitious dream world cleverly designed to cause me to waste time and money.

Hmm...a childhood of video games and computer games leading up to an advanced degree and a career in a respectable field...yup...thank you Conan. You too Bruce. ;)

[apmiller]

Well DUH! Of course they do. It's an activity that you need to learn, study and practice. Like all such activities (math, english, love...heh) it will lead you to better things!

It's nice that they are actually putting out some good news about video games for a change though. The good press won't last but it's nice to see...

[speedracer120]

Another linky. (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/29/science/29VIDE.html?th)

[Sir_Froggy]

heh that was gone over in my history class yesterday

[RichSPK]

Originally posted by Bires
I've known it all along.

My history:

Apple IIe games: Droll, Conan, Bruce Lee
I am vicious martial artist, equally skilled and deadly with a throwing axe and my bare hands.
...

The only Apple II game I remember is Loderunner. Pitfall from the Atari 2600 comes to mind, and Choplifter from the VIC-20.