Being a gamer pays off

This article gives a fast review of the benefits of being a gamer. This is preaching to the converted, but it's a fine article you can forward to those people who still think that videogames are brainless. They can teach skills, such as resource management, planning and complex systems; skills that can are basic an necessary for any job, including management. So there.

Being a gamer can also get you money, either in competitions, such as the Cash Prizes at Twin Galaxies, or by being a game tester, as yours truly will be this summer, if the legal / immigration paperwork does not get in the way. I'll make you jealous in another entry.