Online gamers aren't overweight, just depressed junkies, study suggests
by James Ransom-Wiley 
on Sep 18th 2008 8:15PM
Well, that's a relief. No longer to be demonized as "fat people," online gamers may now be considered "actually, kinda cool." In other words, they're moody drug addicts, indicates a new study that targeted 7,000
EverQuest II players. "The results suggest that adult gamers have an average body mass index of 25.2, compared to the overall American average of 28," reports
New Science Tech. "The downside, however, was that the gamers reported more cases of depression and substance abuse than their compatriots."
In fact, participants' addictive personalities were clearly exposed when they greedily exchanged their responses for the study's bait: "The Greatstaff of the Sun Serpent." Admittedly, using a
sun staff as incentive was a dirty play, as if there was any chance of brightening up these rain clouds.
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