http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kidora/tag/games/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/kidora/tag/games/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0434D61C-077C-413A-BE31-6E10D54C9596/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kidora/">kidora</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> No longer hiding in your parents basement playing Dungeon and Dragons anymore are you? Nope you now do your gaming in a world that is made up of ones and zeros. <br/>Oh geeks of yore that once rolled the dice and played the card you now develop c. tunnel syndrome due to abuse of the mouse and the joy stick (get your mind out of the gutter). I salute you and your never ending quest in the search for magical mystical games, and the passing of the torch to the web 2.0 generation. <br/>Be proud, play loud, and don't piss-off the Dungeon Master. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/10/217-million-people-play-online-games/" title="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/10/217-million-people-play-online-games/">www.techcrunch.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>217 million people worldwide play online games, according to new figures <A href="http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1521">released by comScore<IMG src="http://shots.snap.com/images/v2.12.1/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The study took into account all sites that provide online or downloadable games but excluded gambling sites. The 217million users account for 28 percent of all people online.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Yahoo! Games led the pack, attracting 53 million unique visitors. The fastest-growing Top 10 gaming property was the WildTangent Network.<BR /> <IMG alt="com1.png" src="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/com1.png" /></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The report appears to count visits to the actual gaming sites as opposed to actual user numbers. Under this methodology, online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft attract a smaller share of the market as many users would not regularly visit a central page (such as with Yahoo Games) but play directly via a desktop client. Notably though, traffic to secondlife.com is surprisingly close to the visitor numbers for worldofwarcraft.com. <IMG alt="com1.jpg" src="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/com1.jpg" /></P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/games/" rel="tag">games</a></div>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/10/217-million-people-play-online-games/Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:39:17 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9C703003-D4C6-4054-9F26-996459DAEC00/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kidora/">kidora</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Just goes to show, you can be diagnosed addicted to anything. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:#00CC00"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/06/doctor_urges_am.html" title="http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/06/doctor_urges_am.html">blog.wired.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="entry-body"><P> A new report urges the American Medical Association to, among other things, formally recognize game addiction as a genuine diagnosed disorder. According to  <A href="http://news.spong.com/article/12879?cb=59">Spong</A>, the report in question is "Report Of The Council On Science And Public Health: Emotional and Behavioral Effects, Including Addictive Potential, of Video Games" chaired by Mohamed K. Khan, MD, Phd. Included in the report is the proposed medical definition of "gamer." Keep reading to find out if you qualify or not.</P></DIV> <A id="more"></A> <DIV class="entry-more"><BLOCKQUOTE><P>A gamer is a term used to describe a person who plays games. Historically, a gamer was someone who played role-playing games or war games, but more recently the term has come to include computer and video game players. Although the term technically includes those who do not necessarily consider themselves gamers (ie, casual gamers), it is a commonly used colloquial term to identify persons who spend as much of their leisure time as possible playing or reading about games.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">gaming</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">addiction</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">medicine</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">psychology</a></div>http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/06/doctor_urges_am.htmlThu, 14 Jun 2007 22:15:15 GMT