California professor gets $100,000 grant to fund research on video game Bonnie Nardi is doing research on the World of Warcraft Some students think it is a waste of time and money Anyone who was once concerned that they do not know enough about World of Warcraft can rest easy. Bonnie Nardi, an anthropologist at the University of California-Irvine, is doing research on the game after the school was given a $100,000 grant by the National Science Foundation. Nardi was given the grant because of her prior research on the game and her anthropology background. "I have been studying the World of Warcraft for the last three years," Nardi said. "This game was a very good fit for me as an anthropologist. I am trained to go into unfamiliar cultures to figure out what is going on." Nardi said World of Warcraft is one of the world's most...
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