• Question: This is a serious question just so you know, does playing video games make you live longer?

    Asked by 590hafc42 to Josh on 22 Jun 2015.
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      Josh Meyers answered on 22 Jun 2015:

      I’m not sure.

      Firstly I can be pretty sure that video games have not been popular for long enough that anyone has any believable data that answers your question.

      If I had to hypothesise, I would say no. If you play lots of video games, you are likely to get less exercise, have a worse diet and have poor posture. For these reasons I’d image you would be more prone to heart conditions and various other illnesses.

      Having said that I do believe that video games exercises the strategic parts of your brain making many people more intelligent. You just have to use that strategic intelligence to learn something real!

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