Can playing games like FFR make you smarter?

[powerdown]

If anything I would say it makes it makes me stupider. I'll come home from school play a few games, attempt to do homework, and find myself constantly looking back at the notes I've taken to do simple Trig. Call it ADD (which in my opinion DOES NOT EXIST! It's just an excuse as to why your child sucks in school), call it catchy songs, whatever it is, when it comes to mental expansion, FFR definately have a negative effect on myself.

I will not say that it doesnt improve some aspects of the mind/body, i.e Hand-Eye Coordination, Rythmn, Dexterity, etc. However, these things dont play as major a role in day to day life as mental capacity. Sure you can catch a ball better, sure you wont look like a fool when you go to a school dance, but honestly, these things will only get you so far.