Avatars Affect How We Interact
By Andrew on Sunday, July 15th, 2007 at 10:40 PM PST In Game Related Science, Gamer Life
Did you know that you’re more likely to be aggressive if your avatar has dark clothes on? And if you come across something you’re not entirely sure has testicles it will make your behavior uneasy?
TerraNova writer Dmitri Williams has an interesting post involving how we behave toward and as avatars in video games citing some recent sociological studies. One of the most interesting points which is brought up in the post is that we go through a process every time we run into something like a robot. We ask ourselves these questions:
1) is this thing human?
2) what is its gender?
3) is it compatible with me intellectually and socially?
The next time you approach someone else you don’t know online, ask yourself, “Am I just trying to talk to this person because I think she’s a girl?”
Interesting however irrelevant.
lmao, & tottally wrong. i just think avatars are little funny things that people put on thier profile to a) be unique, b) be funny, or c) be wierd
My avatar is usually space-ships blowing up other space-ships…does that mean I have a power issue?
Wrong type of Avatars Prom. When the writer is speaking of Avatar’s they mean your characters in WoW or other MMORPG games. The actual term for the character sprite that you control in the game is called an “Avatar”.
The term “Avatar” is of Hindu origin and it means “Incarnation of a Higher Being” on the Earth. When used in the gaming world the Character is the “Incarnation” of -you- which, in this case, is the “higher being”
@Nth
HUH!!