Nice post Deathkiller - it does speak to the differences among social scientists though. It's only natural that a sociologist would look for the social construction of worlds with attention to structures of class and power, whereas you, a psychology-minded individual want to see internal processes looked at, which importantly affect social construction (to a degree, it isn't all internal
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As an anthropologist-to-be, it's good to see social phenomena such as this actually attended to. As social scientists who grew up playing such games become professionals this type of research will become less phenomenolgical and more a serious look at complex human engagement that matters. I could be one, but I don't want to fight funding agencies to convince them of its validity at this point
