Brain Games Don't Make You Smarter.

LONDON -- People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn't get any smarter. Researchers recruited participants from viewers of the BBC's science show "Bang Goes the Theory." More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week. They were compared to more than 2,700 people who didn't play any brain games, but spent a similar amount of time surfing the Internet and answering general knowledge questions. All participants were given a sort of I.Q. test before and after the experiment. Researchers said the people who did the brain training didn't do any better on the test after six weeks than people who had simply been on the Internet. On some sections of the test, the people who surfed the Net scored higher than those playing the games. The study was paid for by the BBC and published online Tuesday by the journal Nature.

Score this as a win for guys like me. All you little dorks out there who play computer games and fuck around with your Sudokus can suck on this. Yeah, I might not be able to do algebra but I'll run you into the hardwood with my full court press I call '40 minutes of hell. ' You know where I learned that? Jumping on the sticks at a young age and balling out with NBA Live 1998 while every other asshole was playing some Jump Start 3rd grade bullshit in order get some brain power. And you all know someone who plays these dumb fucking games in a weak attempt at getting noticed. Nobody should enjoy brain games or dicking around with a riddle or something. They just do it in public so someone will be like "Oh, I saw Nerd boy doing a puzzle so maybe he can help me out with this chemistry homework. But I heard Rza's penis was way bigger so I think I'll make out with him after." True story. So, Ha. I'm still better than you.