Feb 7 2013: I think that is a fantastic question! She makes a comment about an experiment in the talk where says that a gamer that play around "5-10" hours a week so maybe that can be good window to start from. I know as a serious gamer myself I probably clock in around 20+ hours a week.
I've often thought the same thing about how gamers develop the necessary social, interactive skills that come with human to human interaction. I know in some of the massive multiplayer games I've played, has actually helped me with communication skills because the amount of work required with each other is immense to tackle the various tasks in the game. Maybe there is a way to implement friend making/social skills into our current video games without even the kids knowing it.
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I've often thought the same thing about how gamers develop the necessary social, interactive skills that come with human to human interaction. I know in some of the massive multiplayer games I've played, has actually helped me with communication skills because the amount of work required with each other is immense to tackle the various tasks in the game. Maybe there is a way to implement friend making/social skills into our current video games without even the kids knowing it.