Online Games as Study Tool

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Online Games as Study Tool

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Mar 3, 2009

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An interdisciplinary research group called the "Virtual Worlds Exploratorium" has started to analyze data from the online game EverQuest II, in order to find out more about real-life human behavior. Christie Nicholson reports

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Mar 3, 2009

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Online Games as Study Tool

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