I made this with lots of love for gamers...

BionicBeans · 1 month

There are no references listed here, how do I know the validity of these claims?

Dresdin · 1 month

Yes...good...stroke my ego...stroke it...

KOM · 1 month

It amuses me that increased decision time is listed twice. Decreased attention span may be an offset...

sirkarmalots · 1 month

Don't forget the fact that I can now hear people walking around corners and shoot them in the head through walls in case I'm in a terrorist takeover.

KishCom · 1 month

"Playing video games will also make you smarter, your penis (or breasts) larger, and will be Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With" ~ Some guy on the internet

Sources for infographics. How do they work?

byscuit · 1 month

My decision to downvote this came 25% faster when I noticed that stat was listed twice

Rob9159 · 1 month

They also reveal how many people have had sex with your mother

ExAmerican · 1 month

As an avid gamer, I also have the ability to make up statistics up to 47% more quickly than the average person.

Kirboid · 1 month

Wait, video games are supposed to make me decide faster?

I guess I've been playing them wrong.

ildracomcmxcv · 1 month

http://www.ohdios.com/view/Humor%20Grafico/135765 I'm sorry but unless you made this in spanish first I would say you didn't make this. This one was first posted 7/23

Brewe · 1 month

They apparently don't make double checking better (reason number 1 and 4 are pretty much identical).

murfi · 1 month

"make decisions 25% faster"

i can totally not confirm that.

BR1ANSCALABR1NE · 1 month

I play lots of video games and suck at decision making, and I am creative as a rock. Also it's technically impossible to multitask to really the only valid point is hand-eye coordination. The rest is bullshit

Jonesy92 · 1 month

dat source

Xenigma · 1 month

thought this said "I made love with lots of gamers"

came in looking for NSFW.

Now I just feel dirty.

jcatcol · 1 month

sources?

feanturi · 1 month

Ability to get laid at will dishearteningly absent. :(

FridayNightSargin · 1 month

You said the quick decision thing twice.

Sandorien · 1 month

there are also studies that show they take un needed risks while driving and get in more accidents

DontStepOnLegos · 1 month

Haha I play Football and most FPS's and when my coach asked how I was aware of almost everything and able to make the play, I just said video games

preacherk · 1 month

Apparently they also make mistakes like saying "coordination hand-eye" instead of "hand-eye coordination"

Edalol · 1 month

I remember hearing someone from Razer saying that if you have ever been guild/raid/class-leader in a MMO guild they see that as a advantage when you are applying for a job.

Fragile · 1 month

I've played video games all my life and I dont feel good at any of the things listed here :(

teslasmash · 1 month

List the references if you want to go pro. Also, don't list the decision-making speed bit twice; there are many other benefits you can talk about.

mc_stormy · 1 month

Sauce

KiloNation · 1 month

If you made this dedicated to gamers why is it on tumblr?

Oideron · 1 month

Gamers are also more likely that the decision making skill has been pimped twice in this infographic

ionblue · 1 month

San Francisco Rush definitely helped my ability to drive in foggy weather

dabezian · 1 month

This is a lie. I'm still an indecisive fuck.

Every time I hang out with people:

"What do you guys want to do?" "uhhhhhhhhhhhh"

mezacoo · 1 month

We need one with the sources on the bottom, then I'd link it to FB.

spamato · 1 month

My ego is being vigorously stroked and it's making me feel uncomfortable.

Venderpa · 1 month

Jeez, some girls I know should really start playing games...

6aa0410284 · 1 month

Uh.... you mean 6 things in the game right?

Anaract · 1 month

but they also make you kill everyone. That one guy, he played video games. He killed someone.

Reese_The_Puff · 1 month

So THATS why i see things faster than my friends....................

ShaolinShade · 1 month

dude i play videogames and i'm officially the world's slowest decision maker. just sayin

HankSpank · 1 month

My cousin (a huge RTS gamer since the early nineties, easily 20+ hours a week for years) applied to a job for a major bank in the US and was tested on his reaction time and multitasking. They said he scored top of all time overall and he attributes it to his videogaming years, especially considering his parents are the slow to react type.

orgodemir · 1 month

The pictures by each statement aren't related and those arrows are stupid. I don't get this and there are no sources listed. Sorry, but this isn't useful and seems like one of those things you forward around tumblr or whatever.

wowultimation · 1 month

I call bullshit on the 6 things at once point, I can't even concentrate on having a conversation with someone without losing interest after every word and forgetting the topic at hand. Then again that could by my underlying mental health issues

TheArgo · 1 month

Wtf, how does gaming improve driving in foggy weather? You made this shit up clearly...

OwDaditHurts · 1 month

Fuck your watermark on a fucking infographic filled with content trademarked by nintendo. About as retarded as it gets.

NotSoGoodAtPhotoshop · 1 month

So here is my thoughts: Video games is the opposite of weed. Think about it!

CaptainPariah · 1 month

All gaming got me was low stress tolerance and a failed freshman year of highschool.

heretoplay · 1 month

I play video games because I enjoy them. If you need any other reason to either defend or give reason to play video games, you should just stop and admit to yourself and others that you are ashamed to play video games.

ItsBuck · 1 month

No one can focus on six things at once without confusing them at all. Our brain just cant multitask like that.

Hungry_Gamer · 1 month

Do I have permission to use this in school if the time is right?

TehWut · 1 month

improves creativity and imagination? Ha.

reign_in123 · 1 month

Without video games and their creativity, I wouldn't have developed my love of art. I enjoy painting because of video games. When someone tells me games rot my brain, I can't help but be bothered when I have been so inspired.

So damn right, thank you for the image support!

peper224 · 1 month

Who else started counting how many things they could focus on? facepalm

ceri23 · 1 month

Really helped teach me about the value of money, income vs. expenditure, and resource management. I played a lot of RTS games in the 90s. Sim City taught me about how out of control borrowing money can get (passing a bond basically meant "I give up" in my experience). It also taught me chivalry, morality, long term planning, and helped me get good at doing math quickly ("Will this attack kill this thing in 1 shot? Well there are 40 orcs and each orc has 23 hit points. 230x4 = 920 hp total. Attack does 905. That leaves 1 orc with a maximum damage of 14. My paladin will easily survive the encounter. ATTACK!").

Oh, early MMOs kept me busy while the rest of my high school friends got addicted to heroin too. So that was a nice bullet to dodge.

FlavorousShawty · 1 month

I know I'm a bit late to the party here, but I have my two cents to give.

I have always been a console gamer, and in addition to that, I have always been the fast paced first person shooter, car racing game, you name it, kind of guy. The puzzle games never really interested me. Even to go so far as to say I didn't really like Assassin's creed. Recently I downloaded the valve bundle. Just to try. I'd never been a PC gamer before. I'd only played roller coaster tycoon, spore, and the sims, and that was it. But the very day that I played through both portal 1 and 2, I instantly felt like my brain worked in a different way. I thought faster, I solved puzzles faster. Logic worked in a different, not always linear way. I feel like my perspective has grown to include all different lines of thought. I played through half life, and started Geometry wars, and now I just feel like I am someone so much smarter. Even when I'm driving, I feel like a safer, more alert driver. Videogames changed my life. And this info graphic is pretty true

Munky0512 · 1 month

I call this BS, I have more than a week viewing this on Facebook but in spanish.

google says

TheAppGuy · 1 month

They also teach you how to work no matter how tired you are.

Kiyokami · 1 month

You can't just list all the positive effects.

Cars help people travel to places very quickly and easily...oh and they murder people and the environment.

ja5087 · 1 month

Disadvantages:

Loss of social life

someguywhocanfly · 1 month

It's a shame these things don't seem to apply to me. Maybe it's only people that gamed from a really young age?

dmg051793 · 1 month

Even if these may be true, that still doesn't make me feel better for my stay-up-all-night-sleep-all-day-then-cry-for-several-hours-afterward gaming habits.

Grimpillmage · 1 month

The only reason it makes you better at driving in foggy weather is that NOBODY WANTS TO GET STUCK IN SILENT HILL GODAMMIT!

pablothe · 1 month

I've played videogames my entire life and my coordination still sucks outside of videogames. Does this mean I would have become a complete waste of a person in terms of coordination otherwise? Does this mean I would have become better at something else? I'm genuinely curious.

Nachteule · 1 month

No human can really multitask - you can improve your task switching abilities but nobody (no not even woman) can really multitask. Even when you are juggling or doing stuff that seems to be done with multitasking is just very fast switching of tasks like catching the ball, throwing the ball and moving the arms.

gte910h · 1 month

Citations requested

baconability · 1 month

^citation ^needed

ConfusedInKalamazoo · 1 month

Disadvantage: they do not teach grammar.

Cloakedboltz · 1 month

I'm not sure those are true unless the difference is not noticeable.

Although I can say the problem solving part seems to be true from first-hand experience.

[deleted] · 1 month

Gaming skills are really handy when driving.

"We need to turn there!"
"OK... Fuck, where did that light post come from?"
Respawn, do it again.

Ausrufepunkt · 1 month

Note:
Does not apply for Call of Duty.

Honey_Dog · 1 month

BS, according to this every gamer would make a good pilot. I have several gamer friends who just absolutely cannot fly in games without crashing.

[deleted] · 1 month

Who cares? As with any art form, video games should not be valued simply as some means to an end, some sort of tool for education or social improvement, but for their intrinsic value as a form of storytelling and art.

thekingofnarwhals · 1 month

relevant?

MrPlow442 · 1 month

I'm a gamer. Been a gamer for most of my life and i haven't noticed any improvements mentioned in your infographic.

Kama_Blue · 1 month

Uhh no, you're not able to multitask six things.

http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/multitask-game/

Don't click that link unless you want your ego ruined. Most everyone fails around 4, no matter how long you've been gaming.

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