a small proportion of internet users were classed as internet addicts and that people in this group were more likely to be depressed than non-addicted users.
The mean age of the 18 internet addicts, 13 of whom were male and five female, was 18.3 years.
Via James Schirmer on Buzz. As I commented there: This is quite sensible.
Since I do want to dismantle capitalism, I don't agree with that bit.
More subtly, I am concerned about the entrenchment of simplistic binary thinking in western, particularly US, culture, so "Game designers often like to see an epic battle between good and evil - even where there isn't one - but that's part of the charm" - for me that's a significant drawback. To the extent that a game includes an argument about how the world is or how the world should be, then reinforcing oversimplification (rather than the simplification necessary in any model of the/a world, be it a book, movie, academic article or game) is problematic. I like my myths/theories/stories multifaceted.