Video games also have potential legal advantages over IQ tests for companies. You could argue that “we only hire people good at video games to get people who fit our corporate culture of liking video games” but that argument doesn’t work as well for IQ tests.
yet again an original post title that self-sneers
Sounds a bit like the rivet-counting wargamer grognards of the past, who have a reputation of being a bit… obsessive.