How To Justify Your Video Game Obsession

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The next time someone gives you a hard time about your gaming addiction, blow their feeble mind with these awesome gaming facts.

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Step 1: Tell them about your superior vision

Inform the killjoys that video game playing improves hand-eye coordination and visual perception. One study found that surgeons who played games for more than three hours a week made 37% fewer errors than their non-playing colleagues.

Step 2: Boast that you're a problem solver

Boast that playing video games has sharpened your thinking. It has made you a better problem solver, improved your ability to analyze situations, prioritize, make decisions, work out compromises, and manage resources.

Tip: Remind people that the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency uses video games to train spies to think critically.

Step 3: Point out your quicker reflexes

Point out that gaming has given you faster reflexes. Many professional race-car drivers hone their skills at the console.

Tip: If you play video games that require physical movement, like Dance Dance Revolution, be sure to mention that you're burning 300 to 500 calories an hour!

Step 4: Tell them you're a great multitasker

Tell them that video games help people become adept at monitoring and juggling several tasks simultaneously, a valuable skill in real life.

Step 5: Cite the mental health benefits

Cite the mental health benefits of gaming. Research shows that video games are a great stress reducer and mood booster for many players.

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[Gimmt61]

44% Women

39% Men

17% Aliens

[TheAndron55]

1:27 is fucking horseshit

[Dustin2010james]

@Gimmt61 What it means is 44% of women own their console, while 39% of men do.

[TD4f22]

@Gimmt61 17% kids??

[MrPhantom9898]

im playing a game now

[dragonite63]

@branstan100 oh... just ignore me then!!!

[branstan100]

@dragonite63 I am saying you don't play COD not you having a console -_-

[dragonite63]

@branstan100 WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT i have an xbox 360 and a wii with tons of games and i don't go on cod anyway :P

[branstan100]

@dragonite63 Clearly you have never played -_-...girls are addicted to zombies in Black ops

[dragonite63]

@branstan100 ok i was wrong im 13 and i don't know where video games started but my point is nintendo has had some massive games and super mario galaxy beats cod any day

[branstan100]

@dragonite63 Where do you get your facts lol Nintendo was not the first...

The atari is older than nintendo 64 and arcade games like pong were the first concoles???

[dragonite63]

@branstan100 listen i have xbox and wii and i find wii games are more fun and just remember this, nintendo created the first ever video games/consoles so without them you wouldn't have ur ps3/xbox