marika[_2_]
January 3rd 08, 02:29 AM
"marika" > wrote in message news:...
>i now have a reason
> (can't remember where I got it from)
>
> On Information Technology and the Internet
>
> - that all those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time
> after all because new study suggests action-packed video games like
> 'Grand Theft Auto III' and 'Counter-Strike' may sharpen your mind.
> Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who
> regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and blazing
> gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For
> example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and
> processed fast-changing visual information more efficiently. (Was there
> ever a doubt it increases hand-eye coordination and neuro-reflexes?)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marika" >
> Newsgroups: alt.marketplac,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 11:33 AM
> Subject: black eyes and your mother
>
>
>>I love the South Park episode where the dad calls it a video game, and
>>Stan
>> comes back with no dad it's a MMOPRG
>>
>> They must have used a guest animator that day, because the characters in
>> the game were wonderfully detailed
>>
>> Some of the better bits included the strongest power ever -- "no life"
>> because anyone with no life has nothing better to do than to collect
>> points/gold to build up their character
>>
>> and the sword of justice, which was really a memory stick handed over
>> like
>> excalibur
>>
>> mk5000
>>
>> "You all need to clean this mutha****in room up"--snoop dog to his 13 yr
>> old
>> kid
>>
>
>
>i now have a reason
> (can't remember where I got it from)
>
> On Information Technology and the Internet
>
> - that all those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time
> after all because new study suggests action-packed video games like
> 'Grand Theft Auto III' and 'Counter-Strike' may sharpen your mind.
> Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who
> regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and blazing
> gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For
> example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and
> processed fast-changing visual information more efficiently. (Was there
> ever a doubt it increases hand-eye coordination and neuro-reflexes?)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marika" >
> Newsgroups: alt.marketplac,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 11:33 AM
> Subject: black eyes and your mother
>
>
>>I love the South Park episode where the dad calls it a video game, and
>>Stan
>> comes back with no dad it's a MMOPRG
>>
>> They must have used a guest animator that day, because the characters in
>> the game were wonderfully detailed
>>
>> Some of the better bits included the strongest power ever -- "no life"
>> because anyone with no life has nothing better to do than to collect
>> points/gold to build up their character
>>
>> and the sword of justice, which was really a memory stick handed over
>> like
>> excalibur
>>
>> mk5000
>>
>> "You all need to clean this mutha****in room up"--snoop dog to his 13 yr
>> old
>> kid
>>
>
>