Hey, doesn't it seem like every week we write something with the phrase "New research indicates..."? Well, that's because the world is such a magical place! Ready for it to be even more magical? 'Cause it turns out -- oh, sorry, we mean "'Cause new research indicates..." -- that half of the men and even more of the women playing online games have done the old ding-dong/hoo-hah switch once int a while.
The research, in which 125 players of complex computer games were questioned, found that women were more likely to switch their gender than men.
Up to 70% of female players said they chose to use male identities while inside internet games, where they are able to design their own characters with any race, gender or appearance. Zaheer Hussain, who co-authored the study, said that subjects gave many different reasons for masquerading as a member of the opposite sex.
At least one of them must have been "Because it makes this a whole lot sweeter."