****Bibliography****

Books:

1) “ Trigger happy: the inner life of videogames”
By Steven Poole
Comment: this book provides a well research on the life of playing videogames. It helps to explain why people like playing video games and help us to understand why video games are so enjoyable.
But when reading several chapters of this book, I found it quite long winded and quite hard to understand.
However, I highly recommend this book to those who would like to know the reasons for the popularity of vide games.

2) “Video games: A popular culture phenomenon”
By Arthur Berger
Comment: this book provides several problems of playing video games in general. It states the relationship of video games to culture, psychology and sociology. Therefore this can help to explain how video games affect interpersonal realationship.
However, I think this book is subjective in some way.

3) “Play between worlds: exploring online game culture”
By T.L.Taylor
Comment: the writer tries to investigate if playing video games is an isolating activities or not. He also tries to find out the reasons for people participate in a virtual world in real time. Finally he also analyzed if playing video games can help to build a closer relationship among people or not.
This book is easy to read and understand the concepts behind it.

4) “Mind at play: the psychology of video games”
By Geoffrey R.Loftus, Elizabeth F.Loftus
Comment: The writers discuss the influence of video game in psychological perspective. This can help to explain the behavior of game players.
In this book, there are many difficult terms which is difficult to understand.

5) “Human values and the design of computer technology”
By Friedman, B.
Comment: This book have covered the impact of computer network on interpersonal relationship. It also includes the impact of online game on the social relationship.
This book contains many information on online game, but it may be difficult to understand.

Newspaper article:

6)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article553840.ece
This is a news article about the death of a man. The man died after playing computer game for nearly 50 hours.
This news can be an evidence for the disadvantages of playing video game, and how video games worsen working ability of a person.

7) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6193462.stm
This is a news article stated the percentage of people indulged in video game.
This can be an evidence for the increasing influence of video game.

Websites:

8)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_language
This is a website talking about the importance of body language. Through this website, we can see how body interaction help to get the full experience.
This website is useful in the way that it contains many links which is related body interaction
9) http://www.video-games-survey.com/2004_results.htm
This website provides survey on the time that people usually spend on playing video game.
The survey is reliable.
10) http://www.video-games-survey.com/online_gamers.htm
This website provides statistic on the online game market growth. This can be an evidence for the increasing influence of online game.
The survey is reliable.
11) http://www.aaaoe.com/forum/content.php?doid=102
This website provides a survey results on why people like playing causal game. The causal games include video game and online game. Through this website, we can analyze the reasons for people playing video game.
The information is not very detail, but it provides general concepts on the reasons of playing video game.
12) http://www.freewebs.com/pavga/videogameaddiction.htm
This website tells us the bad consequence of playing video game.
This website is useful to those who would like to know the symptoms of game addiction.