Testing Gamer vs Non-Gamer Brains: How Do Video Games Affect You? | WIRED 

Atari so true😂😂😂😂

Then precedes to watch sports for 18 hours straight

THIS applies to both of my parents

you forgot that they absolutely LOVE Minion memes

Sooooo TRUUUUEEE

_Parkour_

@@triggeredbeetle5370 you do you.

*too

Yeah ?

Kevin •_• I am the tv

It’s sad to me tbh 😂

Manju only in heaven 😇😅🤣

🤣🤣🤣 BOIIII!!! CAN THEY ADOPT ME?!!! I DON'T NEED TUTORS!!! JUST PARENTS WHO LETS ME PLAY ALL DAY WHEN I HAVE NO SCHOOL!!! GOODNESS!!! WHO'S LOOKING FOR A TUTOR!!! I CAN TEACH THEM!!!

Some kids who are getting trained for Fortnite. Basically parents are paying for their kids to git Gud.

Mom, dad... Imma be a tutor in gaming when I grow up

Senso Mix 👀😂

Oh my goodness that's messed up

😂

Oh well thats boomer logic for ya

... "uh, oh BIG BOOMERS"

same bro

same😂

Rajveer Kalsi IKR

Same...

me too bro! :)

Hahaha lol i feel you brother

I feel you...

Amen

Stolen comment

it's not stolen u idiot. almost everybody have that problem.

That's the closest I've ever seen to someone getting to the mandatory 40 hour per day practice times that musicians have. Nice!

But a day only has 26 hours, how u do dis

dou you play 2 games at once?

DehMagicMuffin wait... that's illegal

I know right I only play 273 hours a day

He's also 20 years younger though

Well being a gamer doesn't mean you can't do sports.

2 years late... But most pro gamers are kept in somewhat good physical shape as well... Healthy body, healthy mind. It's considered true for most "Thinking" sports such as chess. I'd assume E-sport teams try to keep their players decently in shape as well.

@@tysej4 you gotta be joking

@@regal2424 Not really.

He's fucken dumb then lol, TV is a bigger waste of time unless he's watching something super productive and educational.

Kev G Did you know that your brain is more active sleeping than watching TV?

He is missing out big time

Im a gamer who plays about 3.8h every other day in other words im A "GAMER" but to be honest lets face it, to play 8 or more hours A day is a LITERAL waste of time and ur not contributing anything to society even if your making millions of dollars.

U are relatable lol. Same thing we my old man.

Haha ye lol

ag7166533

@Neoski My parents are Christian and I play videogames all the time

*news report* moms gather and roam across the country chanting dues valt and tearing down game stores

Seth Jansson same

Followed closely by: but they won’t wait Mom: what do you mean of course they will Proceeds to lose

😆😆

Yep EBBERON UNLIMITED DDO can't be paused either!

No, my parents know. They are nearly in their 50s.

YES

Omg yes

F B I the day parents understand this is the day pigs fly and Jesus comes to earth

Not if you play in VR. :)

Or if you have a balance between video games and physical activity

@Noah G. hella strong

It doesn't worsen you physically if you exercise as much as a normal person unless you count every activity that's not exercising as "physically bad for you", in which case nearly every hobby is physically bad for you.

Time to transfer my brain to my laptop then

ShawnsBeats read it again.

Playing is precisely what you should be doing as a kid. That's never a waste of time. If nothing else, I'm sure that you learned you can raise your Logic by playing Chess.

I think that playing the Sims made me a good organiser and when events or small partys are held it's usually me that provides things that you need in order to be able use them (like batterys for the additional controller and such). Also it helped to develope my thinking for the things that I want and if I should get them because I want them and theyre useful and are going to be used or if I just want them without needing it since I already treatet myself already a few times to something yummy and so on.

@@hazzmati ok incel.

I'm glad it didn't make you an interior designer but you became a RU-vidr.

Yeah 😂

@@troll2637 my ribs are hurting because it's cold and I was sleeping in a very unusual way I told my mother and she said because you use your pc too much I told her my father works in the bank and he spends 10 hours on a pc she told me he is a adult that's why it doesn't hurt him

@@anonymous9843 can you tell your mother for me that she is stupid and have small brain and not to tell you things like this because it sciencetiicly it makes no sense. (also show her this comment)

@hamond billie no no no both concerned and stupid. And she should not try to send messages to not play video games with a lie.

@@anonymous9843 lmao my parents are also same they scold me even if i use phone for some minutes 😂

Every gamer that lives under there parents

Im 17 yrs old and im sending this to my mom

Yeah your for sure one of those 6 year old LoL

really? because there were already medias out there like 5 - 10 years ago defending games, they were just out-influenced by the more famous news medias attacking games. EDIT: Especially during the GTA journalist controversies.

I'm 12 and I'm gonna send it to her

I would have to argue against it being a social media. Social media is where unrealistic expectation gets put of people and video games are really just salty 12 year olds screaming.

@@sgttootypants5238 Sounds like u got beat by salty kids and have become salty.

Cartoons My Man I’d disagree. In social media you have your whole identity out there, and it’s meant to socialize and interact with people, mostly by judging and commenting and posting about yourself or whatever. The purpose of social media is literally just to socialize, nothing more than that. And even that socializing aspect is mostly comprised of looking at pictures of other people and pretending to care about what they say. In gaming, while it doesn’t require any social interaction, is all about enjoying yourself and having fun. That can mean with or without many people, and has no ties whatsoever to your real identity, because that’s not what matters, unlike social media. Not to mention that gaming is a much more interactive activity than using social media, much like how it’s more interactive than watching tv/ movies. Imo, you can socialize better with another person playing games with them and learn more about each other than you would just on social media *TL;DR*: social media is meant for socializing at a superficial level using your true identity. Gaming doesn’t require any social interaction or true identity. Its purpose is enjoyment and fun, but can still be more interactive at a social level than social media.

Amen! I know people who don't play video games unless it's online... smh Retro is where it's at.

Absolutely I'd much rather my kid spend all night playing games than browsing Facebook or even vegging in-front of RU-vid

true

Spidey sense*

Very true

Dopamine level 50

Believable

He definitely act like one of them

@@jeger679 tf his a streamer

fun fact: pewdiepie has a six pack. theres always gamers who take care of themselves too, yk?

@@sketchead6616 i heard six pack isnt healty

@@satriadicky3732 there is a point where low body fat is a problem but that’s entering bodybuilder territory and none of us are bodybuilders

Vocabulary as in learning different ways to flame teammates or............

I still get overwhelmed during a lot of pressure 😓

Should Also add -you have for habitude of being over stimulate and don’t enjoy enough real life -Chance of developping Trouble of deficits of the attention because of your over stimulate Life style -and blue light help you with sleep (not at all) I enjoy gaming but never more than 4 hour per day because it make your real life more Boring because you feel not enough stimulate

Actually, i really have to thank multiplayer games for pushing me to type better I don't use periods, because it seems bizarre to have more than one sentence in one line (Which is what i'm avoiding right now) Which may actually be tied to how i usually type in multiplayer games, there's not really a need for a period because once you've finished a sentence you typically hit enter And doing that here (i press shift+enter for anything that isn't a game) Makes me type in a more vertical fashion, which i like and find easier to read because the end of a sentence is much more distinct It's also inspired by game consoles, type one command in one line, hit enter (Usually, sometimes i have to put multiple in one line with the help of ; or use cfg. files with an exec command) Also I spend way too much time in game consoles... (Also yeah, i don't always make proper sentences and i don't always capitalize, but that's just human error)

Storage Guardians Just vocabulary. I’m not the type to flame teammates unless they’re trolling. Reading comments on RU-vid has greatly increased my vocabulary. Sounds funny, but it’s true!

I see your a man of culture aswell.

get a life

get an insult

@@CH4RIOTTO please gimme insult senpai

Sleep is for the weak

I play 46 hr a day....My mum said its ok if i study

Alexander Swan *sips gfuel* outside what’s an outside???

Okawaii koto...

24 hours a day HUH? Eats G fuel Thats hot thats hot

You guys are cute *Snorts gfuel* I havnt slept in 20 years.

Except he scored in the 98 percentile, so apparently LOL helps.

Or someone who plays rhythm games

ikr fr like they should've went for csgo players or smth

not necessarily FPS. shooters would do...

@@kavinbharathi or Pro Osu player

Wat game Cause I just wanna *ask*

Wut?

mobile people can be considered gamers, pubg, fortnite, geometry dash, you know classic games.

[GD] T1M3L3S5 they are hardly games, they are terrible ports on which you play with your touchscreen. And the vast majority of mobile games are money sucking leaches that are not actual games with story, or proper devs who support the game.

@@zStellar Y I K E S

Check out emulators. Turn that phone into a game boy

Yeah multiplayer games are just very quick problem solving tasks: how do you respond to the situation? It’s so cool

@@nullish0 what emulators would you recommend?

@@jjvillalobos1244 right? Puzzle games especially seem like a gym for the brain lol

Games have changed a lot throughout the years.

Good point. When you can't punch the other one in the face and the only things there to break are your own, you gotta develop some self control :D

Tru. Before video games, I was generic triggered 12 year old boi. Now, I've gone through countless arguments with people who will not slow the hecc down and listen. I've also learned that calling them names because they don't want to listen to your points makes it worse.

@@amagicmuffin1191 name-calling is childish and only escalates a problem. No one's going to even consider listening to you if you're demoralizing them with silly names or yelling at them like an immature baby. Calm, cool and Collective is the way to be in a conversation. 👍

I can say without a doubt that if i hadn't been using my technique to decrease my anger level when I got pissed off at a game, I'd probably have a dozen or more broken consoles. *has flashback of getting mad at Soul Calibur 3, stomping on the ps2 and throwing the controller against the wall, destroying the game, the console and the controller all at the same time*

I used to be a player with a lot of anger too, but after seeing it was pointless to rage at the screen i can now play completely relaxed, and you see other people raging with the mic or hitting the keyboard, i just laugh at that haha

Your absolutely correct i can see everything like slow montion

@@divinetoxic-bs9836 same here dude idk it happens in a split second but i feel i i see things in slow motion

@@-flashsnipes ikr

LMAO

I saw one video where some old folks at hospital played a vr game to help them with their disease

That is super great!

Bro that’s awesome

Ehm i live in denmark and my name is Milan too

@@oddlylostfox9719 I didn't live in Denmark at that time when I posted it, I was here for just one semester but now I'm back for another semester (totally randomly :D )

This sounds awesome

Sounds great, but I feel like every time I'd go back into that game, id be constantly reminded of the stuff

This is a great way to show that video games are not all bad, I used to play gta v in first person to practice my driving cause accidents happen in the game there’s actual traffic in the game and it’s just great I passed my drivings test confident cause I practice the study guide on the game

You can also play assassin's creed they are all about history

This is Pavlov’s dog in action. Condition your brain to think or remember something when something happens and when that something happens, you’ll think of/remember that thing!

Was looking for this comment. Pretty sure most action games can help with the things they listed, but the list afterwards was all FPS games.

Imagine FPS+RPG Oh wait, it already exists.

Some shooters aren’t even action (Resident Evil 7)

NBA is a shooter apparently

100 like

RE zen Pathan dude that's nearly half a day... (I know this is a joke but I don't care) Edit: I know 15 hours is way more than half. Honestly I didn't know what was going on my head when I typed the comment

Dude thats nothing to me I play 1000000000000000000000000 hours a day

Brayden Bolen told you I’m not addicted

@@epicxx7699 half of 24 = 12 nearly shows that it is below that and as far as I know 14 > 12 XD

UMG-cammy wammy sorry I mean that's more than half

tejas tayade some games are social media😂

VRChat rofl

tejas tayade Social media makes you an awful person.

@@sethadkins546 *cough* league of legends *cough*

Evrything is better than social media

You're right, I am the saviour of Tamriel

Agioborg fallout is good cause it teaches you to be observant around your surroundings cause you're fighting Enemy's while looking around for other Enemy's at the exact same time and also it is good for your brain cause you have to make difficult decisions

Exactly

@@sweetandpastel mobas and puzzle games change the brain differently.

well it's not as if they had not clarified that in the video to some extend.

Don't forger sandbox games which are closer to an art tool than a video game.

You literally said “and etc”

@AJ good points but gaming is not a hobby its entertainment. Unless its very specific like simulator type junk.

Unfortunately we live on a generation where hanging out late night and getting drunk is normal while sitting in font of a computer is a disease

@@chilloutlemur9979 gamers see clubbing as a waste of life same way clubbers see gaming as such. Both extremes are unhealthy but clubbing has no positives to it. Anything it offers can be had elsewhere

I don't know what about people who do both lol, drinking with friends while gaming? XD

@Josh D clubs are for drinking, letting off steam and getting laid. Social interaction is of very poor quality since youre either high or drunk 😈

Same

Yes Mr Bully this nerd right here

MariMitty I learned english by playing video games since it wasn't my first language. Now, I speak 3 languages and soon 4. It helps me connect with others in real life and in video games since I am able to communicate in different languages which is pretty cool.

@@OCDMINECRAFTER1 Yup, that is one of the benefit by playing games for us non english speaker but wasn't included in video because they are native english speaker. I learned english in game better than at school, sure i might not be fluent and perfect at it, but at least i can communicate and understand english well.

@@OCDMINECRAFTER1 No se si hablas español, pero me pasa lo mismo

oooooohhhhhhhhhh also there is research being done that could show that if you have a higher frame rate monitor like 144hz and 60 that you can train your eye site to see higher than normal eyesight and up to 1000fps!!!!

renzo Deleon truth and our reaction time is crazy

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what

@@amagicmuffin1191 that's memes in 2019

Correct, we do live in a society

Bottom text: “that hasn’t come up with a new meme to replace this one”

The results of continuing research on how gaming affects the brain in regard to social communication are still preliminary. However, some research has indicated that playing video games, even those that encourage social interaction, may help develop some social skills. According to one study, playing video games, especially ones that encourage social interaction, can help players become more adept at reading and interpreting nonverbal clues like body language and facial expressions. According to a different study, playing video games can help players become more adept at identifying and comprehending the emotions of others. Furthermore, some studies contend that playing video games can enhance a player's capacity for conversation and communication in general. It's crucial to remember, too, that excessive gaming can have a detrimental impact on social life by isolating users and reducing in-person connections. Players must strike a balance between gaming and other pursuits, such as spending time with friends and family. Overall, additional study is required to completely comprehend how gaming affects social communication abilities and how they differ between players and non-players.

wow

@@boyishmallard9404 Teared up reading this. Had forgotten I shared this deep memory. Surprised to see up votes and a comment. Thank you all for listening

Epic af

Real life use 😉,now thank yourself for playing

Enemy vehicle lol

Escpecially when its free 👌

Some games are great, so games are trash. As with everything, there are exceptions.

Unless its fortnite

unless it's the game of thots

@@badname3659 true, very true

Same

Same

Whats up

@@noobcentral5532 sky and clouds? A ceiling? I dont freaken know man!

chicken dipper

Lol same

FOrtNiTE baD, onLy viRgINs pLAy iT

LOL

What's wrong with fortnite tho lmao

Just because every 10 year old plays that game?

Literally my only 2 hobbies lmao

Another one here 🙋

Yeah me :)

Meee

Meh

Ikr

😂

The pro-gamer performed that test incorrectly. The head is to remain still while looking straight at the blue square straight ahead. The purpose is to test reaction time with your peripheral vision with the intent to help an athlete over time react quicker i.e. seeing and responding to a moving object quicker.

To all: IMO. Every gamer is hunting for a break through to win. Because there was no rule discussed to it, gamer followed whatever helped him win. In this case, his head movement comfort. Think the host can chose to make another video with some rules discussion with the gamer for you guys.

I mean who does tho

Lol true that

It's Quadlingual/Quadrilingual Not Quadlangual

Anything can be bad for you if you use it incorrectly. It can also be good if you use it correctly. The internet is a big gateway to limitless knowledge, but we all know we use it to surf RU-vid and game more than actually trying to get a grip on your own real life. Learning 4 languages through the phone is something only a fraction of a percent of phone users actually do. Please don't use this as an excuse to keep slacking off on your phone

@@TranscientFelix the funny thing is, I accidentally learned these 4 languages. Also, when you say using things incorrectly, do condoms count as one of those things?

@@lusir. lmao u cant talk 4 language you can barely speak 1 let alone spelling right.

Lol

And a very good geometry dash player lmao

I haven't played OSU but by the looks of it, geometry dash is harder. I'm a geo veteran, so I don't know whether to hate you or be your best friend.

@@SlavicDedede you are so wrong dude xddddd osu is harder than geometry dash i played geo like a pro and then am still playing since that moment about 1 or 2 years of osu! and i can tell you my friend the game is absolutly ridiculous in dificulties more than gemetry dash just try it you will understand v:

@@RTXSanctus I'll try it. But you can officially say geometry dash is harder when you have proof of beating this level. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W4mAbWWCrCo.html

Hehcate lmmaoo

Hehcate lol they will get every red button in like 0.0000000000000000000000001 second lol

xXxMegalodoNxXx 「」 the button test actually is harder than you might think. Look at how near the wall they are. It obligates you to move your eyes on the wall a lot. It's really hard to get the buttons when they light up because there is a lot of chances for you to be looking away while it does

omg yes I'm an osu player and it showed one day at an arcade game museum

@DYJ CLAN what's that

Actually you can make money with that

Dude, this is like, the best thing you could hear your parents say.

Or play when youre fingers hurt

TheLuqman i sleep to 8h a night... but i wake up a 1/2pm...

@@naltjon It is some of the most important advice you can be given. Listen to it.

Just one thing to add : Move around in the breaks do a little sport to stay comfortable with your body ;)

A non gamer 15-25 year old? Not possible.

@@popin9929 A poor kid or somethin?

@@vd130 most games are free, and they still go to a friend's house

@@popin9929 Hmm, There are 15-25 yrs old that despised video games. I can lend you some if you want.

@@popin9929b , you 6ce

@Idopeee what? I'm sorry I dont understand 😅

@@dlcdaniel705 Did you get a good grade on the paper?

You know u are a console gamer when u are playing console for 4-5 hours and ur thumbs are not hurting

console mortals ew

@@h0tj0hn a pc sweat nerd disgusting

You know your a console gamer when you can move your thumbs any direction...

I can play 8+ hours straight and they don't hurt, what are you on about?

Yep, I finally found someone else who didn't fell in the trap. He was not looking in the middle....

Yea I was like why is he cheating

Gamers cheat sometimes😁

How was it done wrong? Sorry, I don‘t get it... 😅 I played a similar game a while ago against non-gamers. I was looking at the center while they focused on every single light. I won against all of them several times.

Fokin wallhacks

@@daarksideyt, it's people like you that call fellow gamers who have a different play style or genre preference that are the real filth.

3hree4our And a half...season 5btw

tilen s. ?

*cough* Cod recoil *cough*

I don’t like the type of game were you just a tap 1 button all day I don’t know how they get into the top 200 in the App Store

Especially when the npcs are terrible so you appreciate the npcs in your real life more

But sometime you need to rest

Not your real life tho

EPIC GAMER MOMENT

But all hate recaptcha

oneLegend not exactly, maybe the initial cost to start is expensive, but its an investment, so getting a $60 game and playing them for a long time is much more worth it than spending $20+ at the movies for a few hours every weekend, and PlayStation and Xbox online passes are a LOT cheaper than a Netflix subscription nowadays.

Yiu aint lying. Especially if you like every genre

Steam Sale

Worth it though

If u played mmorpg, ur wallet is in great danger Other game? Not really unless u buy item or gane just for show off. Even in show off case, u actually got some satisfaction in return

Nah not really

But the parents still forces you to be a doctor.

@@thatoneneeko2131 yeah! why is that?

@@crushproblems1774 cause asianism.

True but they cant listen to english Soo I gotta save this still

Sword Art Online hahaha

KALAPANTE PH just watched the first season, my first anime as well, 10/10

@@hartpild515 In Sword Art Online your not moving in real life so that's a bad example.

@@yemoma8687 but it can improve how the mind works

@@yemoma8687 in sword art online kirito the MC improve sword skills in RL

Yeah well, one more reason to do better and go outside

That's like trying to compare apples to gorillas. If you don't understand how then it's not worth explaining what a ridiculous attempt at a comparison that was.

*Laughs* also if you complain that video games are a waste of time! then what about Social Media, Netflix, RU-vid, and tv.

Bruh that last part was just.. cringey af dude 😬

Yolo Pie when you think about it, at the end we all day, might aswell die happy knowing we enjoyed our time and not skipped things that were a “waste of time”

@@waterpeanut2631 nah man chill, this doesn't need to turn into an anime monologue now

Preach

Your have bad parents

@@royalebomber6432 Tell me how you're any better! All I'm saying is parents are very gullible because this video is saying very few off the negative effects and all of the few positive effects.

@MC JAMS HACKER Did u see the previous comment?!

Daniel Vos buys son PS4 with hard earned money to make him happy. RU-vid comment “you have bad parents”, 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@danielvos2639 Tell the negatives then.

well the prob is the mei froze for too long you cant keep and enemy frozen that long even if you keep spraying her so he froze her for too long the went to ice her but the tracer was un frozen

Sonya Green Also gamer: (dies)

Sounds like people who play Call of Duty and think they would actually be the most badass soldiers ever to live in real life. 😆 they'd die first in combat.

Dying light comes in handy

@Roque El Rompe-rocas you riuned the joke my dude.

@@mementomori1178 Gamers respawn so they are inevitable

While driving

Stock markets for whiskey has gone up 374%! In other news, death rates have gone up 538%!

Um... i dont feel so good

The next person that breaks the chain has 2 years of bad luck.

Do you want to die?

People see me as a low life being these days because I have a ketamine addiction... Says the ones who are obsessed with being minorities

@@bowlmann4912 I see you are a man of culture...

@Warren Lawrence taking shots hey!

@Warren Lawrence you are rarted

@Warren Lawrence being old doesn't make you smart. I can say that because you didn't get a joke. Also, please stop living in the stone age

Warren Lawrence you’re still living in the Stone Age buddy?

@Warren Lawrence did i say you're 60 years old? No. You're thinking way to far, fucko.

yeah i can see this alot on rythm games like "Geometry Dash" or "osu!"

Exactly

5,000 subs without Any video u earned yourself a Subscriber

Very true

5,000 subs without Any video Exactly

funny but wrong btw. where are your subs?

Man I'm not saying gaming will kill your brain or anything but try maxing out the hours you play for 4 hours day atleast I feel like you fell in the addictive side