Written by Brett Reistroffer

We gamers have often felt the need to justify the hobby that other, more stuffy (and generally unfun) people have often labeled a waste of time, accounting for nothing more than killing valuable brain cells and driving us to psychotic bouts of violence. Well some of the brainiacs over at Ted Talks have given some insightful talks about the pixelated world over the recent years, so check out this collection of videos on the effects and uses of spending your free time in front of that comfortably glowing screen.