Playing action video games may be bad for your brain

Re:Playing action video games may be bad for your brain – lo... by celticninja on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:17AM (#14969929)

Also, isn't running around blindly how you learn a map? I know that's how I 'trained' myself on CoD4 until I knew the maps inside out. So was I killing grey matter before creating it?

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Re:Playing action video games may be bad for your brain – lo... by KirinDave on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:35AM (#14970213)

Learning a map and using predictive spatial strategies seem to be distinguished in the study.

It's been a long time since I touched the pro circuit of any game, but in Q3 the best players were the ones who could predict where you were in addition to where they needed to go. Pretty different skill, and it took a ton of very dedicated practice.

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Re:Playing action video games may be bad for your brain – lo... by nodja on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:44AM (#14970341)

Didn't read TFA but I assume that points to mostly single player experiences or procedurally generated content.

I.e. In the COD4 campaign you don't need to know the map, you can just blindly run through the level killing what's in front of you until you hit a progress trigger.

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Re:Playing action video games may be bad for your brain – lo... by nerpderp83 on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @12:10PM (#14970686)

Isn't that how most people run their lives?

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