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]
Reader Comments (79)
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 8:48AM baby sea tuna said
Yeah, who knew they'd take "rock out with your cock out" so damned literally?!
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 8:58AM Gaming 4 Jesus said
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!
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I take showers in the nude. Write an editorial about that!
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:30AM Ludwig Kietzmann said
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.
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P.S. Joystiq is a video game blog.
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 8:59AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
And we needed to know this because......?
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:22AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
I hear it's good for steadying the controller when using SixAxis™ technology.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 11:20AM raygungirl said
OMG, is it nerdy that I totally know what you're referencing? Haha.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:00AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Who are the planks that carry out surveys?
What next? 2 in 6 English gamers watch football after playing fifa?
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What next? 2 in 6 English gamers watch football after playing fifa?
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:12AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
lmao, true, especially if it Spain vs Germany ¬_¬
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:26AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
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.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 12:01PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
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.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:23AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
That thought, paired with your avatar, is going to haunt me on into the night...
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 10:57AM (Unverified) said
Hello there.
Why don't you take a seat right over there?
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Why don't you take a seat right over there?
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:15AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
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 ¬_¬
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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 ¬_¬
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 11:25AM raygungirl said
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.
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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.
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:24AM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:28AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
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'.
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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'.
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 9:42AM LiqwidZero said
Here's a question:
Who hasn't played a game in the nude before?
I know I have.
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Who hasn't played a game in the nude before?
I know I have.
Posted: Jul 1st 2008 11:28AM (Unverified) said
As JCD points out, most gamers aren't old enough, or simply don't have a chance to play the really fun games in the nude.
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 10:11AM (Unverified) said
More homophobic profiling by Microsoft. Who didn't see this coming? What's next, hair colour, eye colour and sexual position?
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 10:05AM (Unverified) said
Time to find out if your girl is in that 9 percent. "Honey, how about a game of Halo?"
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 12:58PM (Unverified) said
a few years ago a friend of mine was playing Shenmue and he wasn't doing to well at darts and he said he plays better naked, i took it as a joke and ran to the restroom quickly, when i came back he was completely nude still playing darts in the game. It was disturbing to say the least
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Posted: Jul 1st 2008 10:51AM (Unverified) said
Note self:Never use the vision cam online,like ever.
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