Gamers finding real-life relationships online
August 15th, 2007
New research from Nottingham Trent University shows that the stereotypical image of online gamers as anti-social loners is no longer relevant. The study, Social Interactions in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, looked at almost 1,000 gamers from across the world, and found that more than half of MMO players meet up with other players in real-life - and one in ten go on to develop physical relationships with other players.
