The Truth About Blowing On Your Nintendo Cartridges

If you grew up playing the NES, SNES or Nintendo 64, you probably remember the ritual of blowing on your game cartridges whenever they refused to load or glitched out. You may have even thought that you were doing some kind of magic trick to make them work again. But did you know that blowing on your Nintendo cartridges was actually a myth, and that it could have even harmed your games? <iframe frameborder="0" height="480" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F4Gf9mtXnJfM%3Ffeature%3Doembed&display_name=YouTube&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4Gf9mtXnJfM&image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4Gf9mtXnJfM%2Fhqdefault.jpg&key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=youtube" title="Why Did We Blow On Nintendo Games?" width="854"></iframe> That’s right, the practice of blowing on cartridges was not based on any scientific evidence, but rather on a psychological phenomenon known as confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is when we tend to believe something because it confirms our existing beliefs or expectations, regardless of whether it is true or not. In this case, we believed that blowing on cartridges worked because we saw others do it, or because it coincided with reinserting the cartridge into the system, which was the real solution. <a href="https://medium.com/trendy-digests/the-truth-about-blowing-on-your-nintendo-cartridges-871e89b64226">Visit Now</a>