Alright so I'm an antisocial misanthrope who enjoys playing games on my computer. There now that my qualifications are out in the open I feel like I can comment on this subject without having to listen to anyone else's opinion because I'm right you're all idiots. That strikes me as more rational than researchers who study the effect of video games on the players. Such as this little nugget of nonsense which yes, is just a student's research paper based on some other people's work, but still adopts a rather annoying attitude of "games make people crazy" that reminds me of tales of "devil's music" and "jungle fever" that arises when there is some new cultural phenomenon that old people don't understand. Granted that it will have an effect on brain activity, but to suggest that video games are what made me into the social outcast living in a cave is completely misjudging their data. Interpretation is key - maybe they like games because of the way they are wired, not the games rewiring the brain. I like games because they cam be fun and entertaining, and I'm isolated from people because I hate them. Plus the hating people came first, so suck on that!
Actually that's not entirely true, but I do play a lot more now than I did as a kid - I suppose because I had "friends".
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