From hyper-animated to the positively vacant. Robbie Cooper's Immersion project aims to photograph (and ultimately study) facial expressions of people as they play video games, surf the web, and watch TV.
The New York Times has a gallery of Cooper's stills, plus a video, of kids getting their game face on.
via Mental Floss
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It is disturbing how games instill 0 passion in a person. Like you mentioned, music and playing instruments are great for the mind and soul. Games need to be a lot more immersive if they are to equal other activities like playing an instrument etc.
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Its been proven that some games help improve vision regarding the distinctions between black and white, improving drivers reactions and awareness.back pain
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I found the video of the kids really quite disturbing... the lack of animation in their faces, their stillness and their lack of response to what they were doing, albeit in fantasy, and what was going on onscreen. This was made so much worse by the soundtrack of extreme violence (and in one case something that sounded mildly pornographic). Call me old fashioned, but I'm glad my kid prefers playing his guitar... and pulls some pretty funny faces when he does!
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