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05-28-2003, 10:39 PM
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Win more arguments....
Okay, you're getting flak for playing games.
You know it's nonsense but how to convince the nay sayers ? Start with this :http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993775
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05-29-2003, 12:12 AM
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yea, i always knew my hours of game playing would pay off... oh wait! i spend most of those gaming hourse playing RPGs... DOH!
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05-29-2003, 02:07 AM
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Ugh, rpg's.....
Give me fps or give me death. Notice its companion article? http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992538 Last edited by Blakhart; 05-29-2003 at 02:11 AM. |
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05-29-2003, 04:49 AM
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Honestly,I did improve my skills after Playing NBAlive2003.
Am I imagining?
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05-29-2003, 05:46 AM
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if a kid has played through 80 or so hours getting all the little easter eggs in FF7, they have an award winning attention span...
wonder what refresh rate they were using, cos if they were using low refresh rate and the person was used to high refresh rate, i would imagine it wasnt that hard
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05-29-2003, 11:08 AM
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Fantasy Soul,
If the sports games require the same sorts of visual skills you trained yourself. The real world carry over has to do with things like driving a car or flying a plane. It may also be possible to retrain seniors in driving skills that would otherwise be lost with age. Spyda, They were playing MOHAA at the standard refresh rate for the training period. The original test clued the researchers into what was going on when every regular fps player they tried it on aced it without even half trying buy all the non-game players had a hard time of it. |
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05-29-2003, 06:41 PM
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Very interesting article. I knew all those long hours of Counter-Strike would pay off
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06-02-2003, 11:49 AM
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If you've ever watched a challenged person get right into a computer game, you'd see just how beneficial they can be.
My son, who couldn't tie his shoes, use a knife or fork, or button a shirt, because he was simply incapable, and uncoordinated, can now handle a screwdriver, pencil, or most other small implements with ease. 3 months on a computer game, and his life has DRASTICALLY changed for the better. Self-sufficiency has gone up over 1000 percent. Who'd have thought that ThiefII and Dungeon Siege would do that for anyone? |
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06-02-2003, 12:37 PM
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THIEF II ROCKS!!
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06-02-2003, 03:56 PM
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Reboot,
That is good to hear. One more score for games and in an area no one has investigated yet. |
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06-02-2003, 05:25 PM
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Games lately have been getting a bad rap for the violence, but it's nice to see an article once in a while that states the opposite or shows something positive. I would rather have a child play Medal of Honor than roaming the streets destroying property. I don't buy the argument that violent games cause children to confuse fiction from reality, I believe it's bad parenting, hanging out with the wrong crowd, etc.
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06-03-2003, 07:56 PM
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WOW! I should have my girlfriend read this article. I'm almost 30, and she rags on me for playing games. I bet the dogfights in Freelancer would do something for the reflexes!
I totaly agree with Strider. My step-son "wastes" time with games instead of hanging around on the streets after dark, unlike many of the kids in our neighborhood. He also doesn't play until his homework is done! Last edited by oleblue73; 06-03-2003 at 08:01 PM. |
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06-04-2003, 12:23 AM
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Yeah I knew all those hours of minesweeper and solitare would pay off!!
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06-04-2003, 07:14 AM
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06-04-2003, 07:39 AM
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I think a game like time crisis 3 does enhance visual-
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06-07-2003, 02:58 PM
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playing any race game should help anyone's reflexes and timings
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06-09-2003, 05:23 PM
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Indeed,Playing fighting. racing, and first person shooters have made my refelxes somewhat better than before.
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06-10-2003, 08:42 AM
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My nephew learned his chess on Chessmaster 9000, and he has got good enough to be about 9th in his league in all the state. Games are good, provided they are of the right type for the person playing them. Come on, I have never seen someone kill another simply because he had been playing a game with a lot of that type of thing in it.
Yeas and I play Half Life all the time. And I don't kill any alien or any other kind of lifeform :-o |
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06-12-2003, 12:47 PM
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People tell me I am a de...well thats different, but I have played many FPS and 1st person shooters, and I haven't gotten "detatched" from reality..haven't gone around shooting people.
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06-15-2003, 12:20 PM
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If you remember Columbine, doom immediately became a scapegoat. It was probably the most played game of all time and those kids just "happened" to play it. Just goes to show how ignorant the media can be.
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06-17-2003, 02:11 AM
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**after this post.. exiting I.E to play counterstrike** 
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06-24-2003, 02:32 PM
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no wonder im the only pc gamer in my family but i m the only one with out glases
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06-27-2003, 11:58 AM
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06-27-2003, 01:08 PM
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I agree with Corosus. Playing Battlefield helps me relieve some stress. Some days I get home from work, and just sit down and play for half an hour, and then life can continue.
I also think that I pay attention to my surroundings a lot more, since starting to play FPS games. I'm not paranoid, but I just notice details. |
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06-27-2003, 10:26 PM
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