Top 5 Irritating Video Game Myths
Top 5 Irritating Video Game Myths
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With Video Games like Super Mario, Call of Duty, Pokemon, Minecraft, Assassin’s Creed, Grand Theft Auto, Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy, Fifa, Resident Evil and Halo busting into mainstream popular culture, it’s no wonder people who aren’t gamers have some misunderstandings about our hobby.
In this episode we’re tackling the big subjects that many people wrongfully believe about video games: “Do Girls Play Video Games?” “Are all Gamers Losers?” “Do Video Games make you Violent?” “what was the first video game?” “is the video game industry bigger than the movie industry?” – all the answers are here. So buckle up and get watching this episode of Watchmojo’s top 5 myths.
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I don't care what stupid ignorat people say about videogames or gamers, i life with my woman, i have a good job, fullfiling career , great family and friends and videogames have always been part of my life
watch mojo forgot to mention the "games are for little children" myth . yeah i guess a 3 year old toddler will by himslef a gaming pc that cost few hundred or even thusand dollars and start to play a game like grand theft auto by himself and fisnish it . or another myth " you are addicted to video games" when you play for few hours each day (no no no addiction is playing for 48 hours straight and not eat and drink and then die from blood cloths… ) i can say the same thing about people that like going to clubs and drinking few chasers each time (alcoholism is drinking all the time or drinking large doses untill you vomit) …. and my least favorite " gamers are virgins" well i guess some are but everyone on this planet even if it's a prostitute once was a virgin and 99% of people are likley to have sex at some poin of their life (excluding monks , A sexual people ,and people who died as virgins)
One of the myths that I find absolutely BS is that playing video games destroys a child's creativity, or makes them in some way dumber. I bet you that if any of our present politicians played the Civilization series of games in their childhood, then perhaps our world would be slightly better managed. Or if our mayors played Sim City…
#1: Everybody plays fox
"Saitan" – Unknown 2016
i used to go back to that stupid st anne truck with strength trying 2 move it lol
Yeah, things went from mediocre to downright pathetic once you chose to side with sexists demanding people cater to their every whim.
here's my question for the study on sales demographics: do they separate parents who are buying the games for kids from those who will actually play them?
wats the video at the begining from
wait… if 37 percent makes up female sales, and 38 percent makes up males', then what gets the other 25 percent?
(=ಠ ل͟ ಠ=)
I wonder what video games hitler played for him to do what he did…?
The whole sex and violence concept in the media has ALWAYS been an irritating controversial myth!
Ex. "Movies, videogames, and music makes you violent and sexist".
I hate when people (mostly on the news it seems) blame bad behavior on video games, music, TV/movies. Stupidest argument ever! As most of the other comments say, these people already had major issues to begin with.
People were serious about thinking girls don't play video games? Fucking hell. I thought that was a big joke.
im guessing number one is herobrine
The Number 3 Is Kinda True… Maybe Females Buy A Lot of video games but OPEN YOUR EYES!!! Check LOL (Leauge Of Legends) Championship And You will see what I mean. Everyone (Or ALmost Everyone) There Is A Guy!
My entire family believes these myths, how unlucky am I
Get rekt Hollywood. Video game 9000, movies, 0
wtf I am a girl Gamer I love playing video games
What about the 100% club
How about this annoying myth: Video games block your brain and make you stupid -_-
I have always seen the Video games make you more violent myth to be absurd. I played games like Skyrim at age 12 and games like the Witcher 3 at age 15, and I was allowed by my parents to play these games despite knowing why they were rated M. I know that they knew that I just had a more mature mind at the time, and that's why they allowed me to play M rated games, and that's where I think parents are going wrong in today's world. They should know their kids mental state to see if they are mature enough to play games even if it's E or T rated game, because even those type of games could be to much for them.
I believed absolutely none of these at all
6:41 video game = ''satan'' XD
I didn't believe any of them. I knew about the tic tac toe game being the first made.
There is absolutely no scientific evidence at all linking video games to violence. It's just another fucking scapegoat for the general public to blame all of the world's problems on.
I don't get why the myth of how video games make you stupid didn't make the list. What makes people think that video games make you stupid anyway?! On the surface, it is all about stomping Goombas or killing Reapers, but if you take a closer look, you'll see that there's more too it than that. Some people are just too ignorant to see that.
Just some friendly advice, stick to the details of the list and don't inject your political views if you want to be seen as an "informative" channel.
Video Games actually have a lot of benefits that are too often ignored.
Video Games provide an interesting and deep storyline
Video Games honestly have more benefits than Watching TV and Reading a Book.
Plus, they improve your reflexes and certain games can help improve eye coordination.
And if people think Video Games make people go violent, have they even considered what sporting events turn most famous athletes into?
Feminism pushed women towards video games by saying it was all misogynist and anti-woman. Early female gamers thought it was crazy and checked it out, found out gaming was for them, so they started gaming. Enough women were gamers that it became less awkward, so more women did it or encouraged their kids to do it or simply thought games were fun.
It's completely false that more women are pushing for equal rights. According to a Huffington Post poll in 2014, 82% of women believe there is gender equality, up from the previous year. 23% said they were Feminist, down from the previous year.
i get incredibly pissed if someone says to me that games make you violent that i punch them in the face if they said that to me in person
Let's be honest who thought pong was the first video game I didn't
That ending 🙂
My little sister still hauts me with her AWP
Haven't been able to get away from her in 1.6 and am still getting snacked in Global Offensive
Playing Candy Crush doesn't make you a gamer…
Well, technically it is still a game, but it is vastly different from what the gaming community think of…
Xbox 1
watching people talk crap about video games like "murder in video games is the same as real life murder" just gives me a chuckle about how dumb the person is
FINALLY some says that it is steriotypical to say that girls dont play video games
Skip the video to 4:06 and you will see Sombra from overwatch.
I'm less interested in the direct to violence link then the one that desensitize avid movie and video game consumers. Alien doesn't scare the shit out of people any more. It's not twitchy enough, etc. Like nearly anything else in heavy saturation the brain is effected. How that is expressed is going to vary, of course. WWII vets came home and didn't talk about their experiences. Today its more of a conversation. I'm no expert, of course, but kids killing kids for any reason is not a genetic mutation. They are learning to be less sensitive to the violence and find it an acceptable solution to their problems. Trust me I was anything but a fan of Anita Bryant back in the dark ages — she was such a cutout. Today we think that the violence in games and movies is o.k. if not crazy fun. Typical American over the top while people make billions of dollars. Sigh.
Video games don't cause violence
Lag does.
''Lack of women in video games''
Tomb Raider, literally one of the most successful franchises in the past 20 years.
Feminism and Gaming doesn't mix, these feminist will never be happy, even if you give them exactly what they want, and Anita Sarkisian is and always has been a liar and a con woman.
Why so many clips from star wars?
I believe you always have violence in your brain, video games allow you to act them out. And some people just take it too far