I guess I’ve got to go back to playing Doom.
I play Battlefield, guess i’ll be OK.
phew.....
Give all the guys pink dresses to wear and that will counter the effects of the program.
pfl
Doesn't address causality. Maybe video games appeal to "caudate thinkers". Wouldn't change the fact that avid players might be more at risk of Alzheimer's, if in fact that's true, but knowing whether gaming was causal would tell them whether to tone it down or not.
This effect can be countered by shooting research scientists who come up with really ridiculous ‘studies’.
“Scientists say players navigate the screen using a key area of the brain called the caudate nucleus, which leads to loss of grey matter in the hippocampus.”
Does this statement make sense? Is it kind of like saying that exercising your legs makes your arms weaker?
And here I was thinking a hippocampus was a college for the morbidly obese...
Adult Call of Duty players are 100% likely to become overgrown boys. While this country goes to crap, men are playing video games.
here come the lawyers.
lawsuits aplenty to follow.
“Call of Duty made my son a complete vegetable....”
I assume for their study, they gathered a large sample size of 75-80 year olds who have played Call of Duty regularly.
I would think if this were true that pilots and those who spend time in flight simulators would be at the same risk. Has there been a prevalence of Alzheimer’s among these groups?
Am I affected by my days playing the last video game I played, Asteroids?
Cripes, the weasel media in full tilt.
I like Halo so, I guess I’m safe.
Call of duty war story bragging time.
Call of duty 3. Playing capture the flag. Hour long game. Town of poisson map.
I was on the german side. Dont know how this happened but right from the beginning of the game the allied side had us pinned down on our own base. We were completely unable to get off the base, much less reach their flag all the way at the opposite side of the map.
Though we were putting up a vigorous defense. So they were unable to grab our flag, but they were cleaning up on points just by killing us.
I was a scout, which meant in addition to a sniper rifle, I could call in artillery strikes. About a half hour into the game I finally reached the rank of sergeant. Which means my artillery strikes comes fast and long.
I aimed one of my strikes at the graveyard wall right next door to our base because thats where most of the enemy fire was coming from.
Boom. I then checked to see how many I killed on the opposing team. Much to my shock EVERYONE on the other team were dead. This was the break we needed. I yelled at my teammates that everyone on the other team were dead and now was our time to make a break for it. We all raced to get off our base and were on top of them when they respawned. Cant recall the final score of the game, but we did win.
Another story:
Again I’m scout on the german side. Poisson map. I see an m1 rifle lying on the ground. I grab it and theres 2 rounds left in the clip. I shoot off the 2 rounds so that I can insert a fresh 8 round clip. Then I head for the tunnel running under the hotel. Half way up the tunnel my heart drops because im face to face with 4 allied soldiers. One is carrying an m-60 machine gun. The guy behind him is carrying a BAR rifle. The guy behind him is carrying a thompson sub machine gun. And the guy behind him is carrying an m1 rifle.
As a scout, my main weapon is my bolt action rifle. And normally when I run into an enemy soldier carrying an automatic weapon, 99% of the time its me that winds up dead. So running into those 4 guys in the tunnel, naturally I think im dead.
I figure since im dead, I might as well take as many of them with me as I can. Im still carrying the m1 rifle I found on the ground. I dont aim it. I just rush them, shooting from the hip, pulling the trigger as fast as I can.
The tunnel walls prevents them from seeking shelter anywhere. Before I know it, I get to the last guy with the m1 rifle. I shot him with my last bullet but he didnt go down. I only wounded him and hes dazed. I dont have the time to reload before he comes out of his daze, so I hit him with the butt of the rifle and that does the trick. He goes down.
I look at the 4 guys I killed. Im stunned that I managed to survive, much less pull off what I did. Before they have a chance to respawn, I tea bag them all. Later on I got a really nasty private message from one of those guys. :-)
Son, if you don’t stop masturbating you’ll go blind.
Dad, I’m over here.