[Air-l] Question about psychological aspects of online games

[Colin Donald]

Hi Janet,

Not research, but a blog post self-report from someone who claims he was addicted to World of Warcraft, with dozens of comments:

The View From the Top 

http://soulkerfuffle.blogspot.com/2006/10/view-from-top.html

Via Ben Metcalfe's blog post, MMORPG: Time the industry started to act responsibly?

http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/18/mmorpg-time-the-industry-started-to-act-responsibly/

Might be worth checking in Technorati, Digg etc for other commentators or researchers referencing The View From The Top post.

Regards,

Colin Donald

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At 20:19 20/10/2006, you wrote:
>I am trying to locate research on online games.  I am particularly interested in psychological profiles of game players, especially those who become obsessed with games.  
>Many thanks,
>Janet Morahan-Martin
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>Janet Morahan-Martin, Ph.D.                                                           jmorahan at bryant.edu 
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