Millennial Generation Teamwork in Video Games
A viral video of a gaming session that went around a while ago that is interesting to watch from a generational perspective. It is a recording of a "World of Warcraft" session showing the group strategizing before a battle that ends up a disaster. The thing I find interesting is the amount of discussion going on before they go to battle. I don't play video games anymore, and when I did we never had this level of teamwork. Is this the Millennial (born 1982-200?) training ground?
I realize that most gamers today are in the mid-30's and older (Generation X, born 1961-1981), but I bet that the younger gamers are A LOT more teamwork focused.
PS. If you have never browsed www.collegehumor.com, you should. It is the funniest Millennial research you can do...
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November 28th, 2009 - 00:42
Nope. 20 yrs old and i hate teamwork in video games. I dont play video games to be social with people. Thats what real life is for. Any game that rewards teamwork is instantly lable faggotry in my book.
January 10th, 2010 - 23:13
The video's staged anyway. Nobody calculates the probability of success on WoW, cause it's.. well, because it's not really possible/meaningful to. Most of the groups I end up with in my game of choice are the usual idiots. No evidence to be found here of the broad character of a generation.