Games Are a Guy Thing, Say Researchers

New research says that video games appeal to the male urge to conquer, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

The newspaper cites a new study by Stanford Prof. Allan Reiss (left), published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research

Professor Allan Reiss, who led the research, said women got the hang of the game and understood how to win the most territory, but were not as driven as men...



After analysing the MRI data, the researchers found participants of both sexes showed activation in the brain' s mesocorticolimbic centre, the region typically associated with reward and addiction. Male brains, however, showed much greater activation. The amount increased as they gained more territory.

Reiss commented on his research:

These gender differences might help explain why males are more attracted to, and more likely to become " hooked" on, video games than females. I think it' s fair to say that males tend to be more intrinsically territorial. It doesn' t take a genius to figure out who historically are the conquerors and tyrants of our species.

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You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

That study really only applies to competitive games. I' m pretty sure that women gamers outnumber men gamers in puzzle games like tetris. It has something to do with resource management, crisis management...or something. I read a study.

I think.


Maybe it was a dream.

women ages 30-70 buy tons of casual games

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

This is just a study, i' m sure other studies will surface and contradict this.
" Such as women are more capable of understanding games" or " women are more sensitive and feel for characters so their tendency is preferably life/dating/pet sims or RPG' s"
...bear in mind these are just my sarcastic opinions on what studies say and don' t say.

women ages 30-70 buy tons of casual games

Wierd! but true and wff! When you play online so few gamer girls under 30 and majority is like 99 or something..geez!

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Men as a general rule are naturally more compeititive. It' s just part of our hunter/provider mentality.

On that note though... My girlfriend kicks my ass at Tetris.

On that note though... My girlfriend kicks my ass at Tetris.

You should go down on her.

Duh.

You should go down on her.

I don' t get i....




Ooooooh like... alright. I see what you did right there.

I don' t get i....

Ooooooh like... alright. I see what you did right there.

It wasn' t a play on words Eddie. Just some friendly advice.

The last advice I got on the ladies from Kikizo was date-rape, I believe...

...I suppose it' s the thought that counts though, right?

The last advice I got on the ladies from Kikizo was date-rape, I believe...

...I suppose it' s the thought that counts though, right?

The date rape wasn' t mine, that was Majik' s, and he was only joking.

Of course he was, but that doesn' t make you that much more reliable by comparison.

Wow this thread got taken over quick. Yeah I doubt that he would live very long if he decided to go down on her, but you can keep trying to convince him if you must, but then you will have to convince which I would imagine would be much harder.