Being a video game completionist → a better academic?

While I cannot claim which direction the causality goes, completing a video game 100% and publishing an academic paper share striking parallels. Both require resilience (gamers: challenging levels, researchers: overcoming rejections), patience (gamers: unlocking achievements, researchers: rewriting and revising), attention to detail (gamers: complex mechanics, researchers: precise writing), and the ability to learn from setbacks (gamers: adapting strategies after failure, researchers: incorporate feedback).

Below is a list of games I have completed to absolute perfection on Nintendo Switch. You will notice a pattern of game titles that scream nostalgia. My gaming name is DoctorIw, a name I chose when becoming a doctor was still a distant dream.