
The Gamer Relationship
“They will admit that their friends - they don't count on their friends. They don't rely on their friends. They have fun with their friends, but they also know that their friends will cancel on them if something better comes along.”
Relationships & Gaming
It is known that technology is intricately woven into the daily lives of adolescents. It is also known that our adolescence is a substantial time for growth and development in interpersonal relationships. After some research on the development of relationships in video game environments, alongside research on the general impact of modern technology on adolescents, I was curious to understand how relationship development in gaming translates into real-life relationship development skills.
In this blog you will find a series of topics based on synthesized research all trying to answer the question:
How does interpersonal relationship development in gaming translate into real-time interpersonal relationship skills?