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Researchers were surprised to discover, however, that for couples in which both partners played, 76% reported that gaming was actually good for their marriage. Interacting with one another’s avatars online led to higher marital satisfaction in real life
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There is a caveat, however. Although couples enjoyed interacting in virtual worlds, spouses that played on the same team—the same “guild” or “clan”—were less satisfied with their marriages than spouses playing on separate teams. Ahlstrom and Lundberg suspect that the more experienced gamers probably got frustrated with their spouses for not keeping up when the team was on a crucial mission.
Study also found that for marriages harmed by online gaming, it wasn't for the reason you'd expect.
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Brigham Young University researchers found that it wasn’t necessarily the long hours spent online that spouses had a problem with. Rather, they got upset when gaming caused offline arguments and particularly when a spouse’s excessive gaming interfered with the couple’s bedtime routine: couples who did not go to bed at the same time reported less marital satisfaction.
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All participants in the study were MMORPG gamers for games like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI, Guild Wars, Everquest and City of Heroes, so no casual gamers in this study.
Also interesting to note that previous studies have found that only 25 percent of MMORPG players are teenagers, nearly 36 percent are married and 22 percent have children.
Edited by banthracis - 2/16/12 at 8:11am
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I have hours and hours of gaming I don't live on there and people that do don't have a life imo. 
