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New Poll shows that one in every five Canadian men play videogames naked!

Deathsythe | July 01, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 2 Company Misc 
I'm not sure if I want to know how they actually went out and conducted this study, but evidently Microsoft has concluded that 1 out of every 5 Canadian men game in the buff.

(Looks sheepishly at Redemption, Mishtram, and the rest of the Neoseeker folk from my neighbor to the north)
Next time you're on a multiplayer server, you might want to ask everyone who's a Canadian, and then ask who among them are dudes. Because according to a Microsoft survey, every fifth one of them (in the long run) has gamed in the nude, and might be doing so now.

Microsoft commissioned a pretty serious poll up in the Great White North, asking Canadians all sorts of questions that sound like a Cosmo bedside astrologer survey, if "game" is used as a euphemism for "sex." Do you game at work? (30 percent). Do you game in the bedroom? (27 percent). The bathroom? (7 percent — WTF?!) In public? (19 percent). And yes, they asked who does it completely bare. The answer 17 percent of Canadian men, 9 percent of Canadian women.

What in the hell could possibly be the use of that information (other than giving bloggers a reason to post something about Microsoft?) The survey seems to include any kind of computer game in the nude question, so playing Minesweeper with your torpedo danglin' is the same as playing Mario Kart Wii nekkid as a jaybird.

Racking my brain, I am not sure that I have ever played a video game completely butt-ass naked. I've had phone conversations on the john, downloaded porn while wishing Grandma a Merry Christmas and other depraved shit, but I could always delay my urge to play Team Fortress 2 until I got a pair of droodies on, at least.

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  • 1 thumbs!
    Sakuraba Neku | July 01, 2008
    Lol Canada, I wonder if its more rewarding?
  • 1 thumbs!
    Silver Mirror | July 01, 2008
    Why don't you try it and find out?

    *Goes to play videogames without clothes*
  • 1 thumbs!
    Tenken | July 01, 2008
    It's certainly a more free way to play. Not as restricting I suppose.
    • 1 thumbs!
      HisServant77 | July 01, 2008
      I don't know . . . depends on the place you'll be sitting! That could range from comfy, to absolutely painful!
    • 0 thumbs!
      Gutter_Tech | July 01, 2008
      well you only really need to worry about that if you move around a lot.....or play the wii
  • 1 thumbs!
    Agrias | July 01, 2008
    Ha..how funny this article is. Why didn't they ask directly the reasons to play nude? And why would they ask if they play it nude?
  • 2 thumbs!
    Gothic Girl | July 01, 2008
    I worry about the people who conduct these sorts of polls :/
  • 2 thumbs!
    Drogo Baggins | July 01, 2008
    Aren't you supposed to play naked? Why else would there be a rumble feature for most controllers? It'd be a little hard to use when fully clothed.
  • 0 thumbs!
    kik36 | July 01, 2008
    Well I would think playing naked in Canada would be a bit.....COLD!!! Whereas playing in Arizona naked where it's smoldering makes a lot of sense >.>
    • 0 thumbs!
      Project Genesis | July 01, 2008
      *bleep* you! its not that cold in Canada. I wouldn't dream of playing naked. the only reason i could think of people doing it is if they had just got out of the shower or something and were too lazy to get dressed or were playing certain video games...
  • 2 thumbs!
    TurMoiL911 | July 01, 2008
    I was once in a game lobby playing against five Canadians ...

    ... so statistically, one of them was ...
    • 0 thumbs!
      HisServant77 | July 01, 2008
      Hahaha, Sorry I just had to laugh at that one.:D

      Very true, statistically . . .

      Makes me feel bad for the Canadians around here sitting, reading this, and thinking "Great! Now everyone thinks we're naked when we play!"
  • 0 thumbs!
    dmf_dynasty | July 01, 2008
    I play my best after 10:00 PM without pants and a shirt. Not naked though as that just feels weird. Not Canadian either.
  • 0 thumbs!
    metalhead4105 | July 01, 2008
    Well, I wouldn't say completely naked but I do play video games most of the time in just my boxers.
  • 0 thumbs!
    gotenks992 | July 01, 2008
    Not my fault it's comfy!
    • 0 thumbs!
      Tenken | July 01, 2008
      Indeed, can't wait to get my 360 back, need to run a few tests..
  • 0 thumbs!
    Fishlock | July 01, 2008
    lol at some of these crazy comments...
  • 2 thumbs!
    RabidChinaGirl | July 01, 2008
    We should confirm whether this is true or not. Run around Canada peering into people's windows. For the good of empirical science!
    • 0 thumbs!
      gotenks992 | July 01, 2008
      I'll save you one house not to look into by telling you I play video games in the nude because it's comfy!
  • 0 thumbs!
    Drogo Baggins | July 01, 2008
    I do that anyway just for the fun of it, Rabid.



    Wait, I just had a thought. Shouldn't someone do a poll for how many women play naked?...

    I thought of it first, don't copy me! I'll even carry the burden of not only checking Canada, but also the U.S. and parts of Europe....maybe Brazil....and definitely some Asian countries.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Agrias | July 01, 2008
    Anyway, as long as they play nude, but alone there is really no big deal. It's their own problem
    • 0 thumbs!
      Tenken | July 02, 2008
      Sure, it can be fun to with yourself, but wouldn't you rather have someone playing with you?
      • 0 thumbs!
        Agrias | July 02, 2008
        Well...you can play nude with your wife...brother...I don't know LOL
  • 0 thumbs!
    Armed Rebel | July 02, 2008
    Who doesn't like to be naked?
  • 2 thumbs!
    Seeker X | July 02, 2008
    Tax-payers' money at its best. The next time someone decides to make a dumbass study like that...IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ALL SOURCES OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

    *Above comment does not count if it's a privately funded study...it's STILL a waste of money anyways*
    • 0 thumbs!
      Drogo Baggins | July 02, 2008
      Seeker, you know it sas it's a poll. It could've easily been done online.
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        Seeker X | July 02, 2008
        These are actually thorough surveys. Like ones that arrive in your e-mail and gives you like 30-50 questions to answer and all of that.
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    Final Blade | July 02, 2008
    Odd study, although since its their house they could do whatever they like, within reason of course.

    I don't play nude, but that doesn't mean i'll never, I just choose not to.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Blackfalcon | July 02, 2008
    You're not *bleep*in serious. That has to be the strangest habit ever. Also the funnest.
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    Mario_1 | July 02, 2008
    I don't.
    I might take my shirt off every once in a while when I play, but I don't do it in the nude. What's the point?
    Also, LOL! Terrence and Phillip!

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