Ever since the dawn of gaming, there has been a stereotype amongst the media that gamers are anti-social creatures who shun the light as they sit in their basements playing games, However, a recent study seems to have disproved this stereotype and in fact claims the opposite. The study showed that in game behavior rarely correlate to a players real life social interactions or behavior.
A study has analyzed the behavior of thousands of online gamers and has found that anti-social behavior is an oddity, not a common occurrence. In fact, the study even found that playing online games, especially MMO’s like World of Warcraft can enhance a persons social life.