Rawr! We r da fittest of em all!
Ahem.
So, apparently, “Online gamers are fit” BUT, we are depressed people who abuse substances, and possibly use games as an emotional escape.
Now, this is a survey of 7000 players, but only from one Game, the MMORPG Everquest 2.
Thoughts:
- Some of the things they noted, like older population, could be due to the age of EQ.
- I can imagine this conversation going on between the game and the Player…Game:”Psst, complete this survey and get c001 3p1c WMDs!”Player:”Hmm? Sure, lesse… A A A A A A A A and… B. Done, now SHOW ME DA
MON…GOODS.” - What exactly does substance abuse constitute? Any and all use of illegal substances, or actual abuse of it? And why take crap when you are trying to frag that guy who teabagged you?
Aniway, I think if they tried it on WOW, there would be different results, with the younger and female gamers being significantly higher in %.
Checking out the comments: “Age Demographic Skew” and “Gaming Stress Relief” I agree with both of them. (Ctrl+F those two phrases to find them)
Interesting Links:
Annnndddd if you think us gamers don’t have time to snack and stuff cos we are bz gaming, guess again:
http://everquest2.station.sony.com/pizza/
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/pandaren-xpress.html
Yes, I was equally shocked when I 1st learn’t about this a while back. WHY DOESN’T MY COUNTRY HAVE SUCH THINGS!!!
