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wacky canadians

Microsoft Poll: One of Five Canadian Men Game in the Nude


Next time you're on a multiplayer server, you might want to ask everyone who's a Canadian, and then ask who among them are dudes. Because according to a Microsoft survey, every fifth one of them (in the long run) has gamed in the nude, and might be doing so now.

Microsoft commissioned a pretty serious poll up in the Great White North, asking Canadians all sorts of questions that sound like a Cosmo bedside astrologer survey, if "game" is used as a euphemism for "sex." Do you game at work? (30 percent). Do you game in the bedroom? (27 percent). The bathroom? (7 percent — WTF?!) In public? (19 percent). And yes, they asked who does it completely bare. The answer 17 percent of Canadian men, 9 percent of Canadian women.

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1:00 PM on Sun Jun 29 2008
By Owen Good
28,001 views, 172 comments

studies

Games Make You Drive Faster?

Prestigious British driving school BSM recently took a survey of 1,000 drivers between the ages of 16-24 regarding how their driving habits are affected by video games, and the results showed that 27% admitted to taking more risks on the road after playing a racing game, with a quarter saying they pretend they are actually in the video game when they drive. A BSM road safety consultant said this presented an indisputable link between gaming and dangerous driving. More »

1:20 PM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,503 views, 50 comments

Latest by Witzbold: I say as with anything it all depends on the person, which is why most of these so called "surveys" are flawed to begin with. Its pretty much those who dont have a good sense of judgment with reality vs. more »

npd

3% of All Gamers Obnoxious, Foul-Mouthed Kids

If you're reading this, you're likely a heavy gamer. I'm not calling you fat. But according to the NPD Group, who just did a study amongst 16,670 participants, there's a 45% chance you are between the ages of six and seventeen. In other words, someone I really shouldn't be saying 'fuck' around. More »

11:40 AM on Tue Sep 19 2006
By kotaku.com
136 views, 28 comments

casual gaming

"Casual" Gamers More Hardcore Than Previously Thought

Gamasutra reports that according to a recent study, the elusive "casual gamer" is not as flighty a beast as previously thought: More »

7:40 PM on Wed Jun 28 2006
By egauger
141 views, 4 comments

gaymers

Gay Gamer Survey

In Newsweekly, companion website to In Newsweekly, New England's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news and entertainment weekly, has posted a story on a new survey meant specifically for GLBT gamers, or "gaymers" as the article so coyly quotates. More »

3:45 PM on Thu Jun 8 2006
By egauger
442 views, 22 comments