There are several common beliefs that I thought were true. About video games, that is…

With a little bit of Googling, surf-jacking and some online research, I found some nifty stuff that disputes these supposed “Myths”…

MYTHS ABOUT VIDEO GAMES

1. Pong was the first graphical video game – Not! Pong was released in 1972. But in 1958, a little known game called Tennis For Two was already being played in an oscilloscope.
2. Violence in Video Games increases violent behavior – Wrong! A lot of studies have proved this otherwise. To quote Games Radar, “for every study which reports that violence in videogames leads to self-reported aggression or scary-looking brain scans, another study is done which concludes that there is no direct link between videogame violence and real violence.” For example, “no real conclusions about games and their connection or non-connection to real violence have been drawn yet.”
3. Game publishers often influence reviewers with shady practices – And so are scores of other industries. Yeah, right. While not entirely true, publishers will get the short end of the stick when their game comes out as a lemon once it hits beta.
4. All Casual Games are bad. – Have you heard of Zynga, Playfish, Facebook and Plants Vs. Zombies??? Thought so.
5. All Koreans are good at StarCraft – This one’s true. Hehe.

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