I have always noticed that video games give me a major cause of the munchies. So I wondered, is it playing video games, or something else that causes it. Is it that fact that I am so drawn into something, that I don’t to watch how much of anything else I am doing as long as my mind is at peace. Maybe my hands are so busy that during times of having to wait (i.e., lobby waiting for the next round of online play), they don’t want to stop so they reach for snacks while I wait.

SO! I spent some time and asked a large group of random people playing online about their snacking habits. A total of 62 people to be exact (to make the sample large enough to count for something).

My selection was random and unbiased, and I asked each one the same questions. At the conclusion of things, I had the following information:

• 21 out of 62 people said they prefer to have something to snack on while watching a movie.
• 2 out of the 21 said that during a movie, if they ran out…they might get back up to get something more.
• 1 out of 62 people said they almost always snack when watching general TV.
• 0 out of 1 said that while watching TV, if they ran out…they might get back up to get something more.
• 46 out of 62 people said that they prefer to have something to snack on while watching their favorite sport on TV (or live).
• 29 out of the 46 said that while watching the sport, if they ran out…they might get back up to get something more (2 of which said only if the game was live).

Ok, well we see that Sports take the prize so far when it comes to snacking, so lets take a look at Video Games. A few extra questions were asked in this category to get the best idea.

• 58 out of 62 people said they prefer to have something to snack on while playing video games.
• 19 out of the 58 said they will (usually) only do it while playing online with other people, or have friends present.
• 41 out of the 58 people said they would probably get up for more if they ran out.
• 7 out of the 58 said they simply just do it. That they don’t really put much thought into it (as if it was a natural reflex).

Is it activities of high interaction that cause people to want to snack? This would explain why sports and video games have such a high rate of occurrences.

Regardless, this study proves that video games do indeed cause a mean case of the munchies! That’s 93.5% of the people admitting that video games cause them to want to get up to grab a snack.

So watch out when playing games (especially online with other people). Too much of this…may lead to obesity, or cause you to go mad if you run out of things to eat 🙂

TheSa|nt