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Study finds playing Call of Duty makes you smarter

April 25, 2010 in News comments 13

Researchers announced that fast pace, violent video games, specifically Call of Duty and Resident Evil, improve quick thinking and mental flexibility and should be played by youth and elderly.

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  • 2
    Darknet Apr 26, 10
    Yeah but it shaves off minutes of my life from the frustration. Not worth it.
  • 0
    chautemoc Apr 26, 10
    Essentially all games make you smarter. This isn't news.
  • 6
    TurMoiL911* Apr 26, 10
    Based on what I've heard from the people with microphones playing Call of Duty, I'm going to have to call bullshit on this study.
  • 1
    Red 9 Apr 26, 10
    I played Call of Duty for maybe two weeks, that's about it. Ironically I'm about the smartest kid in my grade group at my high school.

    COD makes you smarter...chyeah...
    • 2
      Seproth Apr 26, 10
      Yet you don't understand that smarter is subjective.
      • 1
        Absolute Apr 26, 10
        quote Seproth
        Yet you don't understand that smarter is subjective.
        /argument
      • 0
        Red 9 Apr 26, 10
        quote Seproth
        Yet you don't understand that smarter is subjective.
        I believe a percent average has its merits.
  • 1
    Seeker X Apr 26, 10
    Based on ample experience. Games like MW2 tend to promote more racism, bigotry, and endless lame jokes (usually involving someone's mother or someone's penis).
  • 0
    Fallen Royalty Apr 26, 10
    Correlation does not equal causation. The demographics toward which these games are marketed are more likely to have better reflexes. Therefore the article title is misleading.
  • 0
    Hideo1 Apr 26, 10
    Makes your reflexes better, and your mind smarter in that way.

    Doesn't stop players from being massively ignorant *bleep*tards
  • 1
    jbh Apr 26, 10
    Yeah but your emotionally scarred when you have to pee on teh tv to get a point across to some hacker
    • 1
      Province Apr 30, 10
      I said sorry okay?

      25 characters
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    King X2* May 3, 10
    Probably written by some guy who's obsessed with the game, so "it makes you smarter" is a typical thing he would say. I personally have played with friends and online people, and there is little intelligence involved.

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