I’m a big fan of infographics, useless little nuggets of information spattered around an image are easier for me to digest than a lengthy wall of words.
And according to this latest infographic that could well be because playing Pac-Man apparently slows down brain activity. Granted they’ve put it in a way that makes it sound good because it reduces anxiety but I’m not sure slowing down my brain is as positive a side effect as they make it sound.
Some of the other things playing games helps with hand eye co-ordination and helping with strategic planning. So just a few more hours of Titanfall and I can confidently plan and place my fist through someone’s face… hmm maybe video games do make us violent after all.
Take a look and let me know if you believe any of the information on this infographic from LibertyGames
Last Updated: March 19, 2014
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 12:08
Meditation also slows brain activities, certainly not a bad thing.
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 12:13
Plus being online teaches you how to debate effectively with the millions of different opinions. Every one of them being absolutely correct.
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 12:18
And each opinion having evidence other than ‘cus I believe so’ 😉 But too much of this is going to make your brain very slow 😉 http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/1353594/xbox-kinect-fail-o.gif
Devourer of Small Bunnies
March 19, 2014 at 12:21
#dying
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 12:24
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
TiMsTeR1033
March 19, 2014 at 12:28
The evil Kinect never wanted us to know.
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 12:33
Haha 🙂
Admiral Chief of comments
March 19, 2014 at 12:13
haha
Umar Praise The Golden Sun
March 19, 2014 at 12:12
Paku Paku!
Admiral Chief of comments
March 19, 2014 at 12:14
Soooo, since Pacman is Lazygamer’s logo….does that mean the Lagz staff are slow?
😛
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 12:14
Some of them are. 😀 *RUNS
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
March 19, 2014 at 12:46
I suspect it also means that they are incredibly placid and Zen individuals. In other words.. they’re all probably stoned all day. Every day.
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2014 at 12:14
Only 40% of the online population played a BF4 in the last 12 months. The other 60% games kept crashing
Sk3tz0
March 19, 2014 at 12:15
And I bet playing 2 hrs of Dark Souls induces Rage and Depression 😛
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2014 at 12:16
Adrenalin as well. Then ecstasy when you beat a boss.
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 12:17
Well, at least some people actually manage to beat the first monster in the game.
Umar Praise The Golden Sun
March 19, 2014 at 12:16
Why are they using a hipster in that infographic…..Already they lost all credibility…
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 12:23
It’s not a true hipster… he’s not holding an iPhone.
Sk3tz0
March 19, 2014 at 12:17
um… is Huffing video games same as Huffing paint thinners. ???
TiMsTeR1033
March 19, 2014 at 12:50
Is that a real question???
Sk3tz0
March 19, 2014 at 12:20
“Action games such as Call of Duty can improve contrast sensitivity, giving better eyesight” ya cuz they realise that is a shit game and that each new addition to the franchise gets shittier and shittier..
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 12:22
Not because it takes acute eyesight see anything different in each iteration? 🙂
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2014 at 12:23
I spotted a dog in the new one. Not much else though.
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 12:24
The way the fish move is pretty realistic this time around. Those subtle swishes in one way or the other.
TiMsTeR1033
March 19, 2014 at 12:23
The proof has always been that playing games can lead to making us better humans, either smarter, have superior hand eye coordination and great memories.
In all honesty just a thought, gamers would make excellent surgeons due to superior hand eye coordination.
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 12:25
Problem is most of them are caffeine addicts and shake uncontrollably when not holding a mouse or controller…
TiMsTeR1033
March 19, 2014 at 12:27
Doctors live off caffeine too I don’t see the issue.
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 13:37
Not all doctors… I wouldn’t be a good surgeon… I’d want to poke things with a scalpel just to see what happens to them, and then be shaking too much to make a clean cut.
TiMsTeR1033
March 19, 2014 at 14:22
Damn Squirrels and their coffee
Sk3tz0
March 19, 2014 at 12:30
generation of surgeons who during the consoltation tell u they had special relations with ur mom/sister last night..
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 12:36
They’ll tell you that just before the anaesthetics kick in. Like a baws.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 12:44
“Count backwards from 10… which is what I’d rate your mom.”
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
March 19, 2014 at 12:42
Lol. I just imagined this and couldn’t stop laughing at work.
Surgeon operating on your loved one: “Mid solo!”
Surgeon upon seeing who the opposition is” “Yeah STFU Liver. I’m going to pwn you, noob.”
TiMsTeR1033
March 19, 2014 at 12:49
eish >_< never mind I rest my case.
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
March 19, 2014 at 12:44
So Weigh-Less should abandon it’s archaic “Get Thin For a Better Tomorrow with Effective Eating Strategies” model and encourage all its members to immediately purchase Dance Dance Revolution?
fred
March 19, 2014 at 12:59
And having a 3m knight with a 4m sword chasing you in dark souls 2 can have your heart racing as much as a run around the block.