I seriously wonder who it is that actually pays for theseso-called studies. A highly useful piece of research has shown that men are particularly drawn to videogames because they are internally wired to love competition. The need to conquer is provided by a videogame, hence their popularity. And we needed a scientist to tell us thiswhy?
According to the tests, women and men have the same basic understanding of the appeal of videogames, but women lack the same driving instinct to win — it’s just not that important to them. Obviously these researchers have not playedCall of Dutywith Lauren Wainwright.
“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 – they’re the males,” saidCaptain ObviousProfessor Allan Reiss of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research at Stanford University, California.
“Most of the computer games that are really popular with males are territory and aggression-type games.”
Men tend to be more competitive, is the basic message of this study. I am sure none of us had an inkling of that before it was confirmed by a bunch of lab rats and brain scans. Chalk up another victory to science!
