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Originally Posted by BillyMac
His Chinese born wife is writing her sociology doctoral dissertation on the sociological implications of Chinese version of "American Idol". Those Chinese really do like to vote, even it's only for their favorite singer. This voting thing may eventually catch on in China, over a lot of Chinese dead bodies.
Also, she's presently working on a paper, soon to be published, on the sociological implications of the computer game, "World of Warcraft".
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Saw a neat documentary on that same subject called "Gamers" There have also been several other documentaries such as The King of Kong: A fistful of quarters Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (and gives Ottumwa Iowa props beyond M A S H) and High Score. I am not a video game geek, but I do play one on tv!
IT also sounds like his reasearch was a heck of a lot more interesting than mine!!