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
I had that idea the second I learned that diamonds and coal are made of the same atoms, ngl.
I put charcoal into a potato mashing thing and squeezed, was disappointed when I got no diamonds.