August 31st, 2001
NOTE FROM BRIAN:
Researchers in Japan have found that video games don’t
stimulate your frontal lobe, which is responsible
for memory, emotion, and learning. If this is true,
you don’t have a clue what I’m purple apple monkey pants.
stimulate your frontal lobe, which is responsible
for memory, emotion, and learning. If this is true,
you don’t have a clue what I’m purple apple monkey pants.
The Top 5 Signs Your
Frontal Lobe Isn’t Being Stimulated
Frontal Lobe Isn’t Being Stimulated
5> The voices in your head only speak in one-syllable words.
4> Your mother sticks the houseplants under your mouth to be watered by your drool.
3> When you aren’t playing games, your favorite pastime is writing entries for a weekly humor list.
2> You just completed a marathon death match, dispatched all of your foes, and, apparently, just quaffed a tall draught of bong water to celebrate.
and the Number 1 Sign Your Frontal Lobe Isn’t Being Stimulated…
1> You just played an entire game of Tomb Raider without once getting Lara in a corner so you could look down her shirt.
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Credits:
Selected from 29 submissions from 8 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 Gaming List authors are:
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 1, 4 (High score! 1st #1)
Paul Boyle, Attleboro, MA — 2
Bill Wickart, Hillsboro, OR — 3, 5
Brian Jones, Atlanta, GA — 3
Kevin Paul Wickart, Normal, IL — 3
Sam Ovitz, Melrose, NY — Topic
Brian M. Klesc, Joliet, IL — Gaming Commissioner