1. “A Qualitative study on Intelligence and video
games among selected individuals in Cebu”
by: Aljoriz M. Dublin, Ed.D.

2. PRESS START TO PLAY
(the introduction)

What is a video
game?

What can this study
do for me?

Why pick video
games?

3. The Researcher's Bias

I want to JUSTIFY to my
wife my expenses on
video games.

I STILL play Pokemon at
my age. I believe
gaming makes me feel
younger.

I am an administrator of
a gaming community

4. The Study
This study seeks to
answer the following
concerns

What are the perceived
effects of gaming to the
informants intelligence?

identify the gaming habit
of the informants.

Determine if there is any
effect of gaming to the lives

5. Methodology

Grounded Theory and IPA

Purposive Sampling Method with six
respondents.

Use of Nintendo game brain age to
determine validity of perceived effects of
gaming

Questionnaire with informants

6. Methodology
Interview was done at
conducive place either at
informant's home or a
coffee shop
In a few cases interview was
done via e-mail and was
later verified through
personal meet ups.
Testing of the perceived
intelligence via Brain Age

7. Nintendo official reply
Copy right issues:
Fair Use doctrine for research

9. Results & discussion (1 of 4)

Majority of the informants own at least 2 or
more video game consoles.

Informants age ranged from 20-32

The study showed that playing video
games may slightly affect brain
development, when games are played on a
short burst.

10. Results & Discussions (2 of 4)

Majority of the
respondents
started to play at
3-6 years old.

Most would
practice “binge
gaming” in their
forming years

Some failed in
their classes due

11. Results & discussion (3 of 4)

12. Results & Discussion (4 of 4)
They play with friends either online or with a
group
They go through lengths of researching on
playing a game, as evidence by the
statistical data share by one informant on
Pokemon

13. Selected Tracts
On the effects of video games?

“negative? issues causes me to fail some
of my minor subjects in college.
Positive? it became a part of my
profession.”

corrosion of relationships. Like girlfriend,
wives and social life.

14. Theory generation
Dublin's game
time theory.
A persons play
time is
usually
inversely
proportional
of their
chronological
age.

15. IMPLICATIONS

The theory explains “binge gaming”.

Parents should be more involved on video
game purchases

Kids are more susceptible in ignoring their
studies instead of gaming.

Gaming as a hobby may decease with
age, as other factors come into play.