Who'd have thought? Oh. Right. Everyone. According to a study published in the cleverly titled Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, found that students who played video games or watched television in lieu of actually studying or doing homework performed worse than students who did not. This is a quote:

"Our data support the recommendation that parents limit weekday television and video game time to less than one hour and restrict access to adult media by limiting exposure to cable movie channels and R-rated movies and videos," wrote the study's author, Dr. Iman Sharif of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

The number of students who had poor performance rose as weekday television screen time surpassed three hours and time spent playing video games rose past one hour on weekdays, found the study.

Wow. So, more time dedicated to beating hookers to death with a 9-iron might lead to poor school performance? Consider us stunned! Michael McWhertor

Too much time with TV, video games cuts school performance: study