Is Your Brain Too Old For Video Games?
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Today, 63% of U.S. households are home to someone who plays video games regularly. In the broadest sense most of us are "gamers" and "Let's play" has become a national motto But since the early days of pinball machines and classic arcades, one thing has been crystal clear Some people are way better at this than others Nowhere is that more apparent that at a competitive gaming tournament Hundreds of players from around the world compete for prizes up to 50,000 dollars Watching the furious fingers of the world's top players, flying playing combos and kills, the obvious question is "What makes them so good?" What makes the experts better than the rest of us? The obvious answer is practice, but looking around a tournamen...
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Today, 63% of U.S. households are home to someone who plays video games regularly. In the broadest sense most of us are "gamers" and "Let's play" has become a national motto But since the early days of pinball machines and classic arcades, one thing has been crystal clear Some people are way better at this than others Nowhere is that more apparent that at a competitive gaming tournament Hundreds of players from around the world compete for prizes up to 50,000 dollars Watching the furious fingers of the world's top players, flying playing combos and kills, the obvious question is "What makes them so good?" What makes the experts better than the rest of us? The obvious answer is practice, but looking around a tournamen...
