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Video Game Make Addiction
(Our Tech Blog) Playing video games is fun and sometimes addictive. What was to be one of the main causes of this one game can make the fans seemed to not want to stop playing?

Apparently, playing games make people feel closer to his ideal self. Games like The Sims and Call of Duty is very exciting because it allows gamers to adopt a new identity and experience the power more devastating than in the real world.

Yes, video games allow players to try the characteristics they want as an ideal version of yourself. For example the ability to fly, disappear or become more confident.

The conclusion was announced by scientists at the University of Essex, England. New identity in the game like the opposite sex or become a hero character to make gamers feel better about themselves. Game not as an escape from the real world, but as a means of achieving your ideal self.

Researchers led by Dr. Andy Przybylski researching hundreds of games in the lab, and thousands more in the outside world. The gamer plays a game type, from The Sims, Call of Duty to World of Warcraft.

Research results have been published in the journal Psychological Science. As quoted by detikINET from the dailymail Monday (08/08/2011), researchers found people happy to characters with personal traits that they want to have in yourself.

"People spend a combination of three billion hours per week to play the game but little is known scientifically what really makes them happy with it," said Dr.. Andy.

"A game will be more fun when you get a chance to act and become your ideal self. Video games provide opportunities for people to take the role they want," he concluded.