Casual Huntering

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An interesting study/report came out that compared addictiveness to the type/genre of the game. You can see the report for yourself from the Nielson Company “Insights on Casual Games”.

So apparently solitare and other casual games are just as addictive as WoW, but RPG gamers tend to put more time into the game. Casual players according to this study tend to be female, while more hardcore players tend to be male (mind you, I’m not talking about casual wow players, but those who prefer casual games such as solitaire). I don’t really care for this kind of boring, rather watch paint dry, kind of games myself, unless I’m super bored and I have nothing else I can do.

I guess you can sometimes get away with casual games at work where you can’t play Warcraft or what not. But its nice to see that they are just as addictive.

So, its nice to see World of Warcraft being seen in a positive light in the media (doesn’t happen often, but from time to time we see something).

There was a short article of little interest in the New York Observer. A tennis playe, Taylor Dent, had an serious back injury and wasn’t able to play professional tennis for more than two years. Doctors told him they doubted that he’d ever be able to play tennis again. He sunk into a depression upon hearing the news. What helped him in that difficult time? World of Warcraft of course. Dent was able to come back to tennis recently. Do you think he was able to improve his game because of Warcraft? I don’t know.

But seriously, its about time we hear things like this instead of “Addictive video game, World of Warcraft ruins lives families, causes child abuse, increases the college drop out rate, and is awful for your skin… oh and causes cancer.” Come on its just a game, and look it helped out this guy keep distracted while he was recovering. That brings up a question, could WoW lessen the suffering with others with injuries, diseases, and whatnot? If someone is bed ridden couldn’t WoW help them still feel like they have a social life, connect with others some how, still feel useful? This brings up some interesting areas to discuss in the future.