Shoot 'em up games improve decision-making

[Thurmer]

http://www.news.com.au/technology/shoot-em-up-games-improve-decision-making-study-says/story-e6frfrnr-1225923173292

Good to see some of the other side of the argument compared to just another 'video games make violence acceptable' article.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Isn't saying shoot-em-up a bit wrong? It's a genre, but it makes me think scrolling shooter.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Isn't saying shoot-em-up a bit wrong? It's a genre, but it makes me think scrolling shooter.

I think of that move in Devil May Cry where dante holds his enemy in the air with bullets.
I'm a literalist you see.

 

[rekabdarb]

to bad noone important will ever read this and/or ever take this into account of anything. Why try anymore? Haven't we shown that games don't cause violence. Bad parenting does

 

[Krythe]

Bottom line is that Social Studies can ALWAYS be disputed. Ergo the name "Ivory Tower" research - so long as the results produced are incorporeal and have the argument of eclecticism, they'll be little more than "huh"s you find in a magazine while waiting for your name to be called.