Some computer technology, from some perspectives, yes. But if you want to use that logic, it's also the killer app that killed the housing market...by causing grown men to live in their parents' basements. ;)
Hah! The Federal Reserve, bankers, NAR, and homebuyers will have killed the housing market once the bubble finally pops!
Games are a big driver of some types of technology, yes. But they're not the only driver, and they're certainly not the only reason this stuff exists, as much as we'd likely all be more comfortable living in toyland without the realities and responsibilities of grownup life. (I know I sure would, the way this day has been so far) -Dave
We have seen the game toy GPUs migrate away from video games to physics computations and what not (CUDA) as well as helping to drive fascinating real-life experiments in internet funnymoney (Cryptocurrencies.) I don't do much gaming outside of arcade/pinball (I so wanted my initials on the Wizard of Oz machines at the Silverball Museum during VCFEast. Had one good run, hit 200,000... 300,000 required. Doh.) Everytime I see the modern games, I'm just amazed at what they're doing. Movie quality in high resolutions rendered real time, so beautiful. Most vintage systems have their merits, but it's easier to get the public interested in things outside of business tasks. They can relate to games I guess. - Ethan