1.  The Positive Impact of Onine Games By: Diego Morales Section:006

2. Games as a Whole?  There are 217 million Gamers World Wide  62% of them participate in playing online games.  Many online gamers enjoy the online interactions with other humans more than face to face contact

3. What are Online Games?  Online games can be any type of game that can be played on a network using some type of way such as a wireless adapter connecting a computer or game console to the internet  Some systems that online game can be played on include: X Box 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii.

4. Who Plays Online?  A majority of the gamers who play online are middle aged (between 22-44)  Many of these gamers come from middle income households and a own a console such as the PlayStation  The average time spent online for the x box is 7.1 hours a week, and the playstation averages 6.1

5. Relationships  Just like making a relationship with a new friend in school that you just met, you build relationships on online games.  Online games allow people who may be shy in face to face contact the opportunity to branch out without worrying about their insecurities

6. Entertainment  Online Games are great entertainment!  Allows users to put free time in a game, possibly a mmo rpg where you build a character.

7. Concentration and Productivity  Taking 15 minutes of your time to relax and focus on a online game can increase your ability to focus and productivity overall  Playing a online game can reduce a stressful day of work with the simple interactions of another for of communication between others despite the stress of work on your shoulders

8. Confidence Builder  Just like anything else in life, video games need to be practiced in order to be good at.  Online users can put as much free time as they like to achieve their goals on the game  This gives users the control on how they perform on the game building their confidence and teaching the user practice can make you improve.

9. Awareness  Any Online gamers knows that there is so much cool information to learn from each other  Whether it is x box live, or talking on Skype while playing a online game, you meet people all around the world, learning things such as different cultures and life styles.

10. World Of Warcraft  12 million players worldwide  A research team led by Jeffrey Snodgrass, an anthropology professor at Colorado State, conducted a surveysurvey  Snodgrass states,” The idea is that if you lose yourself, you escape”

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