Researching Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games leads me to a lot of interesting finds. I sent this documentary to a friend of mine telling him that it would make him laugh, because I was in hysterics. He acutely pointed out to me that “laughing at nerds doesn’t necessarily release you from the label!”. Quite right! Honestly, though, I consider myself a “wannabe nerd”. Who knows! Maybe I’m on the right track to becoming one! :-)

http://homepage.mac.com/zampzon/dvdocumentaries/everquest.html

If anyone is interested, the guy admitting to playing 30 hrs a week isNick Yee, who’s writing his PhD on the ‘psychology of high-techmediated interactions’ at Stanford. He’s also done some intense andencompassing research on the demographics of MMORPG players:http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/