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Scientifically proven: gamers are not geeks !
Fellow gamers, we now have an academic and thus scientific study proving all those who say that we are geeks... wrong !
(does anyone have a TV-card in their pc ? I know I do :-)
Professor Griffiths said: "There is an image that people who play online games excessively are nerdy and geeky... This is not the case."
A study by three psychologists has brought up some interesting facts about the online gamer and the community as a whole. In their study titled: "Breaking the Stereotype: The Case of Online Gaming" they try to counter some popular stereo-types surrounding gamers."It will not necessarily be an acne-ridden adolescent locked in his bedroom."
Some of their findings:- 85% of the questioned gamers were males¨
- 15% of the questioned play online for more than 50 hours a week
- over 60% of the gamers were older than 19
Most people I know spend about 3-4 hours a night watching TV... so in many cases it is just a substitution of entertainment rather than some unfortunate development in their lifestyle.
And most important of all: they make a comparison with television. It is considered 'normal' when people watch 3 to 4 hours of television each day... but you are a geek if you play games and don't watch TV a lot... go figure.(does anyone have a TV-card in their pc ? I know I do :-)
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