No pants: one in five Canadian men have gamed in the nude

by Jason Dobson { Jul 1st 2008 at 8:35AM }

Canada. It's cold up there. But that hasn't stopped one in five Canadian men tapped by a recent survey from coming clean, admitting that they have played games in the buff. The poll, commissioned by none other than Microsoft, asked about a thousand gamers up North about where and how they get their game on, with 17 percent of those men asked responding that they play games naked. A smaller number of women, 9 percent, indicated that they, too, shed their clothes when it's time to game.

How does this happen, exactly? Do they start off wearing clothes, and then slowly disrobe over an especially heated round of Call of Duty, or are they sans pants from the minute they lay the controller in their lap. You know what, we don't wanna know. And what does such a survey tell us, pray tell? Among other things, when you go over to someone's house to play games, bring your own controller. And disinfectant.

[Via Digital Home Canada]

Tags: canada, microsoft, naked, nude

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

FOXHOUND @ Jul 1st 2008 8:44AM

LoL Interesting that this comes up as "I Touch Myself" is featured as a song on SINGSTAR(PS3). XD

baby sea tuna @ Jul 1st 2008 8:48AM

Yeah, who knew they'd take "rock out with your cock out" so damned literally?!

Phylicus @ Jul 1st 2008 8:58AM

Not sure how this is newsworthy. So what? Who cares? Unless they're playing around with the Visioncam, this is meaningless.

I take showers in the nude. Write an editorial about that!

Ludwig Kietzmann @ Jul 1st 2008 9:30AM

Unfortunately, taking a shower in the nude is, as far as I know, a pretty normal activity. Also, it's not related to gaming, and this is.

P.S. Joystiq is a video game blog.

scleond @ Jul 1st 2008 10:05AM

Ludwig, I don't think I'm alone when I say I'm pretty sure that was a joke.

Maverick Saturn @ Jul 1st 2008 8:59AM

And we needed to know this because......?

Ryura @ Jul 1st 2008 8:59AM

That picture is amazing.

Zertoss @ Jul 1st 2008 9:00AM

I'm betting on a lot of Googlers stumbling upon this story.

Now that I have a PS3, my dick has become my 3rd thumb.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 1st 2008 9:22AM

I hear it's good for steadying the controller when using SixAxis™ technology.

Jess Q. @ Jul 1st 2008 11:20AM

OMG, is it nerdy that I totally know what you're referencing? Haha.

Maverick Saturn @ Jul 1st 2008 9:00AM

Who are the planks that carry out surveys?

What next? 2 in 6 English gamers watch football after playing fifa?

Nigeria @ Jul 1st 2008 9:03AM

1 in 3.

Maverick Saturn @ Jul 1st 2008 9:12AM

lmao, true, especially if it Spain vs Germany ¬_¬

Ignatius @ Jul 1st 2008 9:20AM

Obviously you didn't get that he was correcting your fraction...

Maverick Saturn @ Jul 1st 2008 9:26AM

I did get it, and I was refering to the match on saturday, anyone who cared about the Euros would have ditched their fifa gaming at 8:00pm to watch the finals and seen that Spain won.

Nigeria @ Jul 1st 2008 9:44AM

Best tournament ever.

Well, actually, it doesn't beat Euro 2000 but it was damn close.

I was disappointed for Russia, though. They had the best national anthem.

tc @ Jul 1st 2008 9:48AM

Maverick Saturn: "Who are the planks that carry out surveys?"

Joystiq: "The poll, commissioned by none other than Microsoft..."

...i don't even want to comment on the math correction that you SO understood the first time.

NATO_Duke @ Jul 1st 2008 10:09AM

Didn't Spain win 1 to 0? If so, how does that match to a 1 in 3 comment?

Fess up, you didn't know that he was correcting your fraction. C'mon, its good for the soul.

Ignatius @ Jul 1st 2008 10:35AM

Oh that's right... everyone is addicted to sports there.

Maverick Saturn @ Jul 1st 2008 12:01PM

I get what he said and I know the mistake I made, I saw that before even he replied to me, so I don't need 4+ people to point out the mistake I already saw, and yes, I wasn't thinking straight when I wrote it, but I also refered to the fact that it is even more likely in the event of the Euros being on that those fifa gamers will swtich off to watch.

Nigeria @ Jul 1st 2008 9:09AM

How else are you going to play Doki Doki DS.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 1st 2008 9:23AM

That thought, paired with your avatar, is going to haunt me on into the night...

Mr.ESC @ Jul 1st 2008 10:57AM

Hello there.

Why don't you take a seat right over there?

Maverick Saturn @ Jul 1st 2008 9:15AM

I want to know more interesting news :) like:

1 in 10000 WoW gamers actually have partners.
1 in 9000 of those gamers with partners only know each other online.
Pretty much 90% of that is made up of virgins ¬_¬

Jess Q. @ Jul 1st 2008 11:25AM

I'd like to know what percentage of non-virgin girls got their boyfriends into WoW. Because I fit in that category. :P

I actually know quite a few people who play WoW and have sexual partners. But some of them did meet through the game, then met in real life afterward. Then got bizay.

andyg8180 @ Jul 1st 2008 9:18AM

naked guitar hero in the mornings after a good shower... Might as well play a couple songs as you air dry... duh!

Ghen @ Jul 1st 2008 9:48AM

makes it easier to do a ZZ Top guitar spin!

Rocketboy @ Jul 1st 2008 1:40PM

All the hot chicks play guitar hero IN the shower.

Farseer (GDI) @ Jul 1st 2008 9:24AM

I'm really glad that someone finally gathered this info. Seriously. Not knowing if Canadians play games naked or not has kept me up at night.

Maverick Saturn @ Jul 1st 2008 9:28AM

Not just canadians, canadian males to make it more specific.

Dunno bout the rest of gamers, but I don't think at any point I paused GTA4 because something was bothering me.

'Hmm, I've been thinking, and its really giving me a headache, how many canadian males game naked? I mean, I know I'm not canadian or gay so this means little to me, but still, its just being nagging at me'.