Comments on: Video game addicts can be party animals too

Video game addicts are cool dudes. Just ask Don Reisinger.

[jpcheca]

I can definitely relate! Video games were/are fun and there was always a need to step away and do a little socializing. Although, i do think that playing team sports helped avoid any problems of shyness.

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[kalel33]

You can't take this as gospel. It was a college student running a study with surveys. I went through graduate school in psychology and the worst people to rate themselves were themselves. To give validity to a study, it needs to be duplicated and findings needed to be verified by multiple means. The survey is fine as long as you have corroborating evidence through observation. They also could still be socially geeky in that they only fit in with one type of group. This study was based on measurements that were qualitative and not quantitative. Take for instance, if someone responds with anger to a stimulus you have to define anger, how to recognize it, and separate it from other observable emotions.

This article was written because it supported the values of author and does not prove anything without the study being replicated and done in a better manner. There wasn't even any info of different groups, and no probability results. Qualitative research should not be viewed as an easy substitute for a ?statistical? or quantitative study.

[22mojom22]

I think one important thing to note with regard to this debate is that I feel often times people who claim that video games can be harmful to a person's social development fail to realize is how the video game genre has evolved past the days of sitting holed up by yourself for hours. With the advent of online play video games have become incredibly social. The children today who are playing these types of games are being social. Games such as World of Warcraft or Team Fortress 2 not only promote but require gamers to learn to be social and to interact with their fellow players to be truly successful. I think one of the most amazing things about these games is how the social interaction begins in game but extends far beyond. There are no shortages of forums and website where players can interact with each other once the game playing has stopped. Gamers are social. I think that the definitions of what being social is are changing.

[jlseisdedos]

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