Playing Video Games At Work
By Nick at 23 September, 2007, 12:20 am
Coffee breaks and watercooler chitchat are out when it comes to office stress relief. Now, playing video games at work are all the rage.
Almost a quarter of white-collar workers play video games at work, and 84 percent say they feel more relaxed after indulging, according to a recently released survey.
Some workers even admitted to playing video games during business meetings or conference calls, but most played during breaks or intermittently throughout the day, according to the nonscientific survey by video game provider PopCap Games. Garth Chouteau, PopCap Games Spokesman says “it is akin to doodling.” Remarkably, “you really don’t use all of the mental bandwidth you have when you’re playing video games at work.”
More than a third of higher-level executives admitted to playing video games at work, compared to 23 percent of other white-collar workers.
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