According to the folks at EuroGamer, some UK investigation determined that Gamers are "better adjusted", have more friends and have better concentration then average children. (Read: poor people that can't afford a computer.)

"People who play games regularly seem to develop a mental state that we have seen before only in serious athletes or professionals such as astronauts, whose life depends on concentration and co-ordination", project leader Jo Bryce added. "Their minds and bodies work together much better than those of most other people."