The Video Game Culture

What is it about ?
In my field work project I will be observing a number of video game players who will be divided into 2 categories addicts and non addicts. People who play for more than 5 hours a day are called addicts and those who play for less time than that are called non addicts. I will be focusing on the players of a specific game called Warcraft. This game is a very popular game all over the world with over 5000 people playing at any given time. I would define this group of players as a culture because they have their own way of life that is very different from that of any one else i.e. they devote a lot of their time on an activity which probably means nothing to us. Also, at any given time when these 5000 players are playing then they sort of have a social group of their own. Some of my subjects are complete addicts and play this game for at least 8 hours a day without caring for college, sleep or work. …