Terry Olaes
I Used to be the [H] News Guy
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This article in the Telegraph might elicit some strong responses with our readership. A study conducted at Brigham Young University in Utah has concluded that regular gamers are more likely to drink alcohol, stop talking to family, have lower self-esteem, and use drugs. Scuse me while I go get a beer, ignore my kids, smoke a bowl, and be all emo on my Myspace page.
"The most striking part is that everything we found clustered around video game use is negative," said Prof Laura Walker, from Brigham Young University, in Utah, who led the study. She said previous studies had only examined the issue of aggression but added: "It appears video games are related to a host of other negative outcomes."