The old school minds set that is often applied to video gamers, is that we are all social misfits and lonely losers. I would argue against that assessment at any point in gaming history, it's always been a social thing. However, it is most definitely not true now. One of the games that is most often accused of causing anti-social, World of Warcraft, is addictive because of the social interaction. You make friends, you hang out with them, you play and have fun. Sounds social to me. Anyway, this Channel Web entry is about a study that seems to support the idea that gamers are not lonely losers, not to say we aren't social losers though.
Who is this nut?
- kired
- "You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?" T. Pratchett
13.6.08
File Under: Not a Lonely Loser
The old school minds set that is often applied to video gamers, is that we are all social misfits and lonely losers. I would argue against that assessment at any point in gaming history, it's always been a social thing. However, it is most definitely not true now. One of the games that is most often accused of causing anti-social, World of Warcraft, is addictive because of the social interaction. You make friends, you hang out with them, you play and have fun. Sounds social to me. Anyway, this Channel Web entry is about a study that seems to support the idea that gamers are not lonely losers, not to say we aren't social losers though.
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