Apr
20
2009
From wowinsider.com:
Hungry Man Gamer Grub (which we’ve dubbed ‘Hungry Gamer’) is a line of World of Warcraft themed frozen dinners. It seems this is yet another company jumping on the bandwagon of catering to the gaming demographic, but it would be unfair of us to write this product off from the start. To be completely fair to them, neither the box art nor the documentation that came with our package made any cracks about gamers as these things usually do. Essentially, it just seems like Hungry Man is trying something new. Gaming is ‘in’ now, you know! After the WoW line, I’d bet we’ll see Halo Hungry Man or Noby Noby Boy Hungry Man. Well, maybe not that second one.
Feb
13
2009
From madison.com:
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Can massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) like World of Warcraft produce better citizens?
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That’s the provocative conclusion drawn by University of Wisconsin-Madison education professor Constance Steinkuehler, who has been intensely studying MMOGs and those who play them — including herself — for several years.
On Tuesday night, she laid out the evidence in a presentation called "Learning and Virtual Worlds: The Education Benefits of Digital Technologies" at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Lecture Hall. The free event was part of the series of monthly Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Evenings.
With about 12 million people playing World of Warcraft alone, MMOGs have become a new "third place" like "Cheers," where everyone knows your name and all that, Steinkuehler said.
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Aug
21
2008
From wowinsider.com:
“The American Psychological Association has released a study of surgeons (why they chose surgeons to study, who knows) that says surgeons who play World of Warcraft
and other video games can make them a better surgeon overall. Not only does controlling a game character give you better motor skills, but playing an involved and complicated game can, not surprisingly, can make you a better analytical thinker and problem solver. Surgeons who played videogames (though they don’t mention how much or how often) were faster at advanced surgical procedures and make fewer errors than surgeons who didn’t.”
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Aug
10
2008
From popsci.com:
“For some, though, video games are too compelling — too addictive. The warning signs are obvious: compulsive playing, scorning friends and family in the real world, an inability to think about other subjects. Ten million people have signed up to play the PC role-playing game World of Warcraft. In Halo 3
, the wildly popular first-person shooter for Xbox 360
, almost 7 billion people have been killed online since its debut, and 11 million die each day, according to ITwire.com.”
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