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> Studies don’t investigate something as complex as the total impact of video games or anything else in all contexts. Why not? What's the purpose of saying it'
by rmbyrro 4y ago
> Studies don’t investigate something as complex as the total impact of video games or anything else in all contexts.
Why not? What's the purpose of saying it's good for cognitive performance if cognitive performance isn't tested seriously?
Try at least two or three dimensions of it. Outside the video gaming context of course.
Otherwise just say: video gaming is good for getting better at video gaming.
That would be an honest conclusion.
- Retric 4y ago> Why not? Because there are simply far to many variables involved. On one dimension you have type of game, but that variety impacts everything else. Mario Party and Call of Duty for example may impact peoples emotions differently. Tetris and StarCraft are both test actions per minute in a different way which may mean different things for reflexes etc. Hours per week are another dimension, someone spending a few minutes per day playing Wordle is obviously different than someone who only works a part time job to have more time for their MMO addiction. Finances is another dimension with actual free games being well free but some people spending their life savings on loot boxes in “Free to Play” games. Degree of socialization is again varies wildly with a surprising number of marriages starting from MMO’s but single player games obvious don’t have that. Exercise is another with some people getting a real workout playing beat saber and others getting embolisms from sitting to long with their addiction. Etc etc.