Posted on Monday, December 4, by El of LA (CommunityNews)

We received this news from the Daedalus Project and Nick Yee.

Nick Yee runs The Daedalus Project which is a scientific online survey devoted to gaining understanding about the social and psychological aspects of MMORPG players. It seeks to find out what the "gaming culture" is, and who is a part of it. Many Ultima Online players are a part of this survey, which offers new survey questions for players and posts articles about gamers onto their website every few months.

The Daedalus Project: New Findings and Survey

The Daedalus Project is an ongoing online survey study of MMORPG players that has surveyed over 40,000 players. Some highlights of the current issue's findings:

- "Addiction" is a word that comes with a lot of cultural baggage, and simplistic portrayals by the media only make it harder to understand what's going on.
But is there a sensible middle-ground between the polarized "yes/no" stances?

- Crises and dilemmas occur a lot in MMOs. Did a player just ninja-loot an item or was it an accident? Should a Priest be allowed to roll for a Warlock set piece? See how players reacted to 3 dilemma scenarios and whether a [url= http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001547.phphttp://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001547.php
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This and more at The Daedalus Project.

Nick

Interesting...