First Person Shootists are redeemed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=1&u=/nyt/20030529/ts_nyt/video_game_killing_builds_visual_skills__researchers_report

Yay. So it wasn’t all for naught.

Oh, poo, now it’s good for me. Now it won’t be any fun.

Haha, I read that in the NY Times this morning. I love the article’s opening sentence.

Actually, THIS is the best sentence:

I imagine parents will be less alarmed when somebody figures out how to make a game that can do these kinds of things without the shooting. But meanwhile, it’s funny. :slight_smile:

They specifically compared a fast moving shooter game to Tetris in their studies. I have to wonder if a game like, say, the Mario games on the Nintendo platforms or the Crash games on the PS platforms wouldn’t have the same effect?

I can understand why Tetris would be different. Doesn’t strike me as very fast-moving, either. But I bet somebody could whip up a game for kids where you have to identify things very quickly - without necessarily having to blow them to bits.