http://www.onlinegamingfun.com/online-gaming-effects-on-youth/

i’m working on a paper about the effects of online gaming on the filipino youth. any suggestions?
most of the info that i got were from other countries. although there are some pinoy websites, they are not really tackling about the effects (+ or -) but instead, what i came across are only business-oriented ones. has anybody posted any page about this?
You should also include something about South Koreans, the most online nation in the world.
Follow this link and it will take you to an article abotu a clinic in China that treats game addiction. If the stereotypes are true, South Korea may have an epidemic.
http://cnet.com.au/games/0,239029232,240055783,00.htm
But I really doubt their lives are THAT hopeless that they need to drown themselves in online entertainment for hours.
There’s a study of MMORPG’s here you should check out: http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/
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