Rick has some good points, but I think the difference between any type of video game - cassette to MMORPG - and tabletop RPG is that the video has only one person (present) and the machine, while TTRPG has more players in one place. The machine will almost always outlast the player, while tabletop ends (or at least recesses) when one or more of the players gets tired.
I may be more cynical that Rick, but I fear "proven model" is not the only reason the MMO designers don't limit excessive time. Like any "pusher" of addictive material, there are monetary rewards for not limiting involvement. Indeed, if it weren't for the built-in limitation with tabletop, I would expect some publishers to do likewise.
Having a grandson addicted to these games (all-night sessions after a half-load college curriculum), I have a particular interest in activities which may not be not healthful.
Paul Cardwell
On Friday, November 9, 2012 2:46:09 AM UTC-6, Tolkienscholars wrote:
http://news.byu.edu/archive12---feb-mmorpgs.aspx
Online role playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction,
according to a new Brigham Young University study published Feb. 15 in the
Journal of Leisure Research.
The study reports that 75 percent of spouses of sword-carrying, avatar-loving
gamers wish they would put less effort into their guilds and more effort into
their marriage. The researchers, led by graduate student Michelle Ahlstrom,
and recreation management professor Neil Lundberg, studied 349 couples to
learn how online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft, affect marital
satisfaction for both gamers and their spouses. And in some cases, gaming even
increased satisfaction.
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