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Survey Tackles College Gaming Stereotypes

Posted by simoniker on from the delta-delta-force dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to an AP/Yahoo story discussing a survey on college gaming, whose results seem to challenge stereotypes about videogames interfering with college studies. According to a researcher for the project, which surveyed college gamers throughout the US, "It's not taking the place of studying; nor is it taking away from other activities. What.. [college students] seem to have done is incorporated gaming into a very multitask-oriented lifestyle." In fact, playing games can even save you time, quips college gamer David McNulty, "It takes less time to play a few games than to go downtown or see a movie with your friends. It's easier to meet them online and shoot at them."

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  1. Not completely true by ZenBased · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Although i have to agree with the fact that not every college gamer is nerdy or anti-social, they cant be serious when they say it doesnt impact someone studies.. if you play 6 hours a day, and you go out regulary and do stuff, there isnt much room for studies anymore, or is there? It also eats into your sleeping time, not good for concentrating. Maybe they just polled some people who play 1 hour a day or so?

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  2. Me, Myself & I by beders · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Personal experience alert!

    At university I was known as "computer boy" by a group of girls, as they could all see me playing Championship Manager for hours in my room. One of them married me eventually, so its not the problem it could be :)

    My point is... Excessive drinking and partying made me fail my first year, not gameplaying.

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  3. nice to see by ionyka · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Its nice to see that finally researchers are proving that games arent really as bad as everyone thinks. Sure they can take up time, but they also help relieve lots of stress. And myself being a girl, its nice to see the percent of girl gamers rising. I even read in that article about a girl game-character developer whose trying to make some game characters more geared towards women, which i thought was a nice idea. Hopefully this shows the masses that think all video/computer games are bad, that they really are just human nature to our generation, and we need them terribly :)