nogods4me

OK, so my years of playing Pong! would have sharpened which skills?

MortalWombat

The ability to operate a combination lock.

ps418

Or drive a car, perhaps.

Patrick

Jeremy Pallant

No, the two issues are, as far as I am aware, unrelated. Some people can experience nausea. Others who are already epileptic can have seizures triggered by things like flashing lights in the game.

At university, many moons ago, I did my final year project at a school for special needs children. One of the teachers told me that once, a piece of educational software that set off all the epileptics in the class because it rewarded correct answers with bright flashing lights.


No, for some people it's because the mind gets confused by the apparent and real distance to a virtual object.

Well, that sounds like movement sickness.

caravelair

i knew playing tony hawk 4 was good for me!

Seraphim

by Jeremy Pallant

No, the two issues are, as far as I am aware, unrelated. Some people can experience nausea. Others who are already epileptic can have seizures triggered by things like flashing lights in the game.

Good ... for a minute there, I was worried.

At university, many moons ago, I did my final year project at a school for special needs children. One of the teachers told me that once, a piece of educational software that set off all the epileptics in the class because it rewarded correct answers with bright flashing lights.

So seizures occurs by a certain bright flashing light?
Sounds like something useful to study to cure Epileptics for me. Any work had been done by Scientists on this?

Oh yeah ... speaking of which, you're a moderator, so you should be a perfect person to ask. How come there is no Game column in this forum?
And don't tell me it is because Games don't have theology or Atheist concept in it either ... I can list down half a dozen games from various counsels which DO have such concepts.

No, for some people it's because the mind gets confused by the apparent and real distance to a virtual object.

Hmmm ... Understood.
So playing more of this kind of games should get my brain used to seeing virtual objects ... right?

Well, that sounds like movement sickness.

Thought so ... Good.
Should ask my girlfriend not to drag me to the mountains anymore ... unless she want to pamper me at night to compensate it

Nikolai

Its not the eyesight itself that improves but the "visual skills". From the nature article

Game-players react to fast-moving objects more efficiently, explains Bavelier, and can track up to five objects at a time - 30% more than non-players. "They can process more information more quickly over time," she says.

"The brain changes as a result of training," explains neurobiologist Manfred Fahle of the University of Bremen, Germany. The ends of nerve cells may shift shape, helping them to communicate with each other more effectively, he says. Such swift alterations hint that visually impaired stroke patients or people recovering from cataract surgery might benefit from playing similar games.

Answerer

Oh I see, faster mind reactions. I like Aerial shooting arcade games, thats why I know that is quite true. Nevertheless, playing games can help to determine whether a person is calm and flexible in the times or face of danger. Some games even help to determine a person's sense of directions.

Answerer

Thats too bad, you should try it. Xenogear has the best rpg story ever( In all the rpg games I played). I simply lose my taste for Rpg games a long time after I completed it because none I see, had its high quality.

Seraphim

by Answerer

Thats too bad, you should try it. Xenogear has the best rpg story ever( In all the rpg games I played). I simply lose my taste for Rpg games a long time after I completed it because none I see, had its high quality.

Yeah ... I was told the same thing as well. Should try it one of this days ... when I have some time ... or maybe during one of those long holidays like Hari Raya or Chinese New Year (my company always gives 1 week for holiday).

Ever tried Final Fantasy 7 and 10? In Final Fantasy series, those two are the best (till Square Soft come out with FFX-2 and turn the heroin, Yuna into a cabaret dance). :banghead: