According to a recent study, if you play a video game where the multiplayer splits players up into a "Red" faction and a "Blue" faction, the "Red" faction has a slightly higher chance of winning. About 55% of the time, the "Red" faction will win the game. Hey, it might not seem like that great of an advantage, but I believe Hillary Clinton kept winning states by the same 55% margin and it allowed her to stay in the primary race, right? So, for you Halo gamers, try to be red.
Another interesting fact is how the Cyber-psychology & Behavior Journal decided to do this study -- they tracked 1500 matches of Unreal Tournament 2004. Can you believe all the time these researchers have? All they did was let other gamers play Unreal Tournament 2004 and then just check off "Red" or "Blue"...FOR 1500 TIMES!!! Isn't there something better researchers should be doing, like I don't know, SOMETHING WORTHWHILE?! SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR SOCIETY?! Nah, it's cool -- we're just going to watch people play some video games...we'll improve society later. Boy, if my radio/television/on-air-personality career doesn't work out for me, I'll have to become a researcher so I can do mindless work!
But anyway, my two points here:
- If you're a gamer, remember, it's better to be red then dead.
- Researchers, go study something useful.
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