Author Topic: violent video games ARE good for you (Read 640 times)

Vulcan · « **Reply #15 on:** May 29, 2003, 08:56:32 PM »

You guys are talking two different 'peripheral' visions. SW is talking more awareness of objects not focussed on. Vorticon is talking the edge of vision where detail is not available but motion colour rought shape is.

Most likely the biggest effective gaming has, esp with sims and FPS's, is the 3D mental image capability. IE to visualize your position in an environment. Otherwise known as SA.

Now I wonder what porn does to improve our brains?

AKIron · « **Reply #16 on:** May 29, 2003, 08:59:32 PM »

True focus is not with the eye grasshopper.

vorticon · « **Reply #17 on:** May 29, 2003, 09:00:10 PM »

porn makes it so when you finally get some you dont look like a retard...

and thanks for clearing that up vulcan

Vulcan · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2003, 09:03:58 PM »

Perhaps we have a better visualisation of women, even with their clothes on?

moose · « **Reply #19 on:** May 29, 2003, 11:09:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Glasses
Well Playing Flight Sims since Junior High certainly helped me when I went into the cockpit for real I soloed at 15 hrs time,while most of my classmates took 20+ hours to get there. At least Flight sims helped a bit in that,although in Cross country I was a mess

4.5hrs here thanks to all the flight sim experience

cpxxx · « **Reply #20 on:** May 29, 2003, 11:17:32 PM »

I'd along with that I'd go research. It is in fact obvious in an intuitive way.

Interestingly I found it works in the opposite direction too. Years ago I was training for an Instrument Rating in TN. This meant long hours in that instrument of torture the Frasca simulator. The result was excellent hand eye coordination. I found this out after a movie while waiting for a cab. I played some video game in the lobby. I was unbeatable, several spotty teenagers were most impressed. I ended up with the highest score by far. So unless the gamers of Jackson TN are the worst in the world then it was all the time in the simulator which improved my skills.

What instrument training did for me was improve my 3D mental image capability, my SA as Vulcan pointed out. I could do with some of that now in AH!

This research is very significant for the games industry. Perhaps it will become a school subject. Medal of Honour 101, What a laugh!

Damm good game but I can't get past the last level, so frustrating aaaaaaaah!

udet · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2003, 11:24:04 PM »

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Originally posted by moose
4.5hrs here thanks to all the flight sim experience

you kidding me? I already have 3.5 hours...I could solo in just one hour?!?!?! Of course, those 3.5 hours were more than 3 and 1/2 years ago, so I'd have to go over precision maneuvers again.