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Friends Exit  Title: Videogamers are druggies Posted: January
26, 2009 (06:35 AM) The Telegraph hilariously misrepresents
already flawed study in piece of sensationalist bollocks that
would make even red-tops cringe.  That's my initial reaction to
the article, anyway. I've managed to track down the journal this
research was printed in, and I'm about to read the whole
document. Back in half an hour...  Right. A few things strike
me.  Firstly, the focus of the study is very much on exlporing,
simply, whether or not there is a link between the playing of
videogames and other social and behavioural patterns in the life
of young people. It is by no means intended as conclusive proof
of what effects they have, and the only thing it really
concludes is that it's an area which needs more specific
research. Professor Walker even goes as far as to say "There
needs to be caution against overstating the impact of video
games and internet use on the developme