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Re:Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive perf... by spookybones on Thursday October 27, 2022 @12:34AM (#33353152)
The goals are pretty obvious in many sports. Heard of goal posts before?
Re:Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive perf... by throwaway0asd on Thursday October 27, 2022 @10:59AM (#33358548)
An athlete doesn’t go from couch potato to immediately scoring touchdowns just after a few attempts at trial and error. You can do that in video games because everything is synthetic and linear.

In the real world you actually have to overcome real pain (both mental and physical) to achieve success. Video games are incapable of teaching that on absolutely any level.

Re:Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive perf... by ED_Radish on Thursday October 27, 2022 @11:50PM (#33367452)
You should sign up for a fighting game tournament some time and see how far a few attempts gets you