Research has shown that those who frequently play computer games are less likely to go to university. The research, which was carried out by Oxford University, involved 17,000 participants born, all of who were born in 1970.

The research also illustrated that reading proved and career success were linked. Results suggested that those 16 year olds that regularly were more likely to be in a management position by the time they reach 33. For women there was a 14% difference between those who read often when 16 and those who did not. As for men there was a 10% difference between regular readers and non-readers.

The effect of playing computer games regular meant 6% less chance of women going to university and 5% less chance of men going to university. Some experts have suggested that it is not computer games itself that does the damage, yet it is the fact that when playing computer games they are not participating in other extra curricular activities that may prove more beneficial.

The research did not take into account what genre of game was played.

What about the fact they were all born in 1970?

They didn't really have that much choice as teenagers, nothing like we have now.

And it's all a load of bollocks anyway.

These people would have been 20 when the SNES came out. How exactly would video games have affected these people going to uni, when they wouldn't have been exposed to the renaissance of gaming until 4 years after leaving secondary school?

You've just deleted my early gaming life in that sentence. Never heard of BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amiga 500/1200, Atari ST, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, IBM-PC, Sinclair ZX-80 etc etc. ????

ALL totally brilliant gaming machines and streets ahead of the likes of the consoles that were out then. I was playing PC games in high definition before Sony even brought out the PS1.

*IBM-PC means the likes of DOS-based games.