Pvt. John Doe

It's safe to say that online gaming is about as "anti-social" as using a telephone. Just about every online game still played today has some sort of chat and voice function to allow player to communicate with eachother. When people in the games get to know eachother, they start to joke and tell stories...just as if you were out for a night on the town with a group of your buddies.

Games like Second Life allow players to create and share virtual items with other players. This kind of self-expression around others doesn't normally happen in real life.