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Originally Posted by Shaden  I've played games all my life. It's interesting for me the high colleration there is between playing video games and high intelligence amongst my friends. Games develop a large and varied spectrum of techniques and skills. Whether they be epic (Final Fantasy) or short affairs (Metal Gear Solid), whether they be abstract (Amplitude) or ordinary (Grand Theft Auto), whether they be linear or open-ended - it doesn't really matter. Games improve hand-eye coordination (great for operating new technologies), introduce new ideas and philosophies (hardly anyone knew about meme theory before Metal Gear Solid 2) and can be used as a means of creative expression. Amplitude for example required good reflexes, good rythmn, good spacial awareness, speedy reactions and a calm nerve. If you had all these you created beautiful music. If you didn't your music sucked. And of course you turned your horrible music into beautiful music - by developing your skill.
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Very true, Shaden -- especially regarding the correlation between intelligence and gaming.
Unfortunately, most people here seem to view games as distractions to PD. I think this is for two reasons:
1. They only play the most popular games: Halo, WOW, Starcraft...
2. These popular games are all multiplayer.
More specifically, they're competitive and fast-paced...and they aren't structured with any set ending in mind.
Singleplayer games like MGS, Final Fantasy, and even Diablo (single-player) all have endings.
When I say ending, I could be referring to the end of a story, or the simple conclusion of a game's levels. Regardless, there's a define sense that you've finished the game, and can move on.
E.g.
Reportedly, most purchased copies of NWN were never used for multiplayer -- only single-player.