Scientists compared the World of Warcraft with religion

Anthropologist Ryan Hornbeck published an interesting study , which concluded that the World of Warcraft in China has largely become a substitute for religion. Online games attract young Chinese so that they can escape from problems in real life. Society is changing rapidly , it has been a huge social inequality when some parents bring to school on expensive cars , while other families barely earn on food. In addition, a lot of young Chinese learn and work (student could easily be carried out in their school up to 14 hours ) , so they have too little time for some new and different training, experience.

Ryan notes that when people get sick , many of them seek refuge in churches . Chinese youth for the replacement of religion became online games, including World of Warcraft - it's a completely different world that exists on the rules that seem fairer youth . In the online game does not matter what family you came - others will appreciate you for your just deserts. There are plenty of activities that really bring people together , giving them the opportunity to act as a whole , by fighting , for example, with the next boss.

Source: Games Mail