"Many people assume that video gamers who spend hours in their bedrooms meeting people online must lack social skills when put in real-life situations.
But school or work friendships often revolve around shared interests and experiences, and talking about Master Chief's latest discovery or tactic is no different to discussing the weekend's football results or the comings and goings on The Archers. 
Games like Halo are part of such a large sub-culture that people who don't play them are likely to be seen as oddballs and excluded from many conversations - in much the same way as people who aren't interested in football or who don't have a television.
There's evidence that playing video games can have a positive effect on social life, says Dr Mark Griffiths, a professor in the Psychology Division at Nottingham Trent University."
Via BBC NEWS
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