In fact, boys encounter such heavily muscled characters that six- to ten-year-old boys who read gaming magazines for a year reported greater body dissatisfaction than those who read fashion, sports or fitness magazines. Unfortunately, players can be just as insecure about their virtual bodies as they are about their real ones, as realistically-depicted female characters in video games are highly sexualized and “thinner than the average American,” while male avatar body types are generally larger and more muscular.
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In nearly all worlds the appearance of these avatars can be customized (though often this is only possible for paying users, while those who use the free version are stuck with the “default” versions). One feature common to most video games and all virtual worlds is an avatar, a character that represents the player within the world. This type of gaming is popular among adolescents, with 66% of male millennial gamers and 45% of females preferring to play with their friends. In 2003, less than 8% of the American population played video games daily, yet in 2016 that number drastically increased to 11% with 21% of gamers being under 18. In addition, many older teens enjoy playing massively multiplayer online games, or MMOs, such as Fortnite, which straddle the line between video games and virtual worlds by letting players engage in video game play within a continuing virtual environment.
The most successful are those aimed at young children, such as Pocoyo World, but these online environments are popular with other demographics as well. Virtual worlds are among the most popular online activities.
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