So say researchers including Constance Steinkuehler, PhD, assistant professor in the educational communication and technology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
They studied nearly 2,000 posts in an online forum for players of the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft.
Not a player? “The game is set in a fantasy world in which players of various classes… wander the environment hunting, gathering, questing, battling, and crafting in order to strengthen or ‘level’ their character in various ways,” Steinkuehler’s team explains.
Video Games Are Ok 