(09-14-2010, 02:05 PM)Jester Wrote: I Hate Science Reporting, episode 4819208451.
Quote:Only those who played fast-moving action video games such as "Call of Duty 2" and "Unreal Tournament" saw an improvement in their decision-making skills.
Yet the article is titled "Why World of Warcraft is good for you." Was "Why Unreal Tournament is good for you" too unsexy? Did this research actually say a single damn thing about WoW?
My thoughts exactly. I haven't played WoW since the original beta, but it was not an action game by any means. You didn't need precise aim or particularly fast response to most situations, as long as you didn't fall asleep. If you had a good approach to the situation you would be fine. If you don't have fast reactions and masterful control of your input devices in a game like Unreal Tournament, you are finished.
To put it another way, nobody ever freaked out over a few milliseconds of latency in WoW. Nobody ever thought, if I had the right headphones, or a more precise mouse (or mouse *pad*), or a more responsive monitor, I would be so much better at WoW.