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class="person_name">Holmes, Neville</span> (2005) <xhtml:em>Digital technology, age, and gaming.</xhtml:em> Computer, 38 (11). 108, 106-107. 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The author examines the social nature of video gaming and relates its attraction to personality.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">A more formal version of this item has been published in the author's book "Computers and People" (Wiley, 2006) as essay 3.2. This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Copyright 2005 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. 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