07-10-2003, 03:00 AM
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Games Get Geeks a Life, Study Says
"Computer games are "woven into the fabric of everyday life" for college students, and they help would-be geeks and nerds get a social life rather than preventing them from doing so, a new study indicates. The Pew Internet & American Life Project this week released its report "Let the Games Begin: Gaming Technology and Entertainment Among College Students." Among its most distinctive findings is the fact that games, rather than being an isolating social factor nurturing geeks or nerds, are a more "social/socializing activity" than many outsiders suspect."
Aha! I always knew there was an up-side to gaming! :wink: This article points out what most gamers already know: online gaming can foster friendships in the same way that playing a game of cards with your buddies can. A friend of mine recently moved from Calgary to Victoria, and it's amazing how much our friendship has remained unchanged. Most of our socialization time while he was in Calgary consisted of playing online games with voice communication software so we could talk to each other. The fact that he's moved hasn't impacted that - we play several times a week (almost finished Neverwinter Nights!) and we chat about everything just as we did when he lived in the same city.
How have your relationships been impacted by online gaming?
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07-10-2003, 03:09 AM
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I have been a Raven Sheild addict since it came out despite bugs and flames form the online gaming community(damn load bug! :soapbox: )
It's always makes my day..err.. night when I see and chat with ppl I played with and chatted bfore as we wait for the curren round to finish.
The only downside is I socialize online so much that I don't feel like chatting with ppl in the real world b/c I'm tired, so ppl get the idea I'm not a social animal. 8O
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07-10-2003, 03:13 AM
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After a bunch of my friends all moved away at the same time (long story), I discovered one way to stay in touch was multiplayer gaming... It's nice. Especially with voice communications too (GameVoice/TeamSpeak).
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07-10-2003, 03:16 AM
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I didn't know there were social lives besides online gaming
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07-10-2003, 03:37 AM
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Well, since online gaming came about LOOOOOONG after I was in college, I've been able to watch how it's impacting my kids. In fact, my teenage son recently went to a gaming party in which seven PCs were set up in the same room just so everybody could play online games together.
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07-10-2003, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
Well, since online gaming came about LOOOOOONG after I was in college, I've been able to watch how it's impacting my kids. In fact, my teenage son recently went to a gaming party in which seven PCs were set up in the same room just so everybody could play online games together.
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:mrgreen: I think you mean a LanParty :rock on dude!:
Counter-Strike :snipersmile: :2gunfire:
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07-10-2003, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Enderet
I think you mean a LanParty
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Could be, because I'm obviously not as hip to the lingo as you are.  But technically, they were all playing via separate Internet connections and not a local network...
So, what OTHER online gaming terminology has completely passed me by?
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07-10-2003, 03:53 AM
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Back in MY day, we'd all bring our computers together into a room and play separately... Go X-Wing! 
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07-10-2003, 04:26 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
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One of my best friend moved to canada 5 years ago, and yes, we still are best friends. voice comm. are way too expensive, so we mostly do online games, email, icq and irc. our fav. games are c&c generals and warcraft. I kicked his sorry ass in generals, and he kicked me in warcraft. har har.
Well anyway, we agreed to forget about voice comm., save the money and use it to buy airplane ticket. We met once every year, alternately between toronto and singapore.
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07-10-2003, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximus
Well anyway, we agreed to forget about voice comm., save the money and use it to buy airplane ticket. We met once every year, alternately between toronto and singapore.
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Yeah - most of my remote friends I only email/IM with, not phone. It's at the point where I've forgotten how to have a long phone conversation. One of my friends I have weekly NetMeeting sessions with, but that's really only because it's also for work.
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