"Scientists believe men spend hours playing computer games because it satisfies a basic urge to 'conquer'. Researchers at Stanford University in California tested men and women as they played a video game, monitoring the activity in their brains. They found that while both were able to understand and play the game, men had a much greater drive to do well. In the test game the objective was to win territory."
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That plus feeling powerless in an alienating world. But, yeah, mostly trying to establish a global empire and rewrite the history books.
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Posted 27 May 2008 - 09:37 PM
so if they changed to game to who can make sandwiches and go shopping the best, I wonder what their findings would be ...
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Posted 27 May 2008 - 09:46 PM
that video games satisfy men's urge to make sandwiches.
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