World of Warcraft makes you more smart..or not

August 19, 2008, Author: Cezar Renta

World of Warcraft is one of the most played MMORPG games of our times, with million subscribers monthly. In some recent studies, some researchers discovered that WoW actually improves some human skills such as perception. I won’t argue with the good old doctors now, but history has showed me that people go in different directions to achieve some marketing goals and this is happening now with World of Warcraft.

I agree that games improve some skills for the young children but let’s not resume this to World of Warcraft. Kids and toys (games in this situation) will always improve the kid’s cognitive and perceptual skills, but let’s not include “toys” in an addictive mmorpg game that can destroy your kid’s social life. Yes, let’s not give them social life but let’s give them internet chat with different types of people (i’m not going in this area) and endless low-IQ questing.( ya, i’ve played this game ).

Yes, I will let my kid play WoW or any other mmorpg for that matter, possibly feed him pizza all day and maybe he will become the smartest kid on Earth. Should I tell you stories about people who died because of various MMORPGs, or kids starving to death at the computer because they had to finish the raid/quests? - I better not

Source: MSNBC Science