$100,000 to Study World of Warcraft!

Here is an interesting item from the Chronicle of Higher Education about a univerity professor getting a $100,000 grant to study differences in Chinese and US World of Warcraft players. It is interesting on two levels.

First,.........$100,000 to study World of Warcraft?????

Second, read the carping after the item from researchers who have trouble getting grants for their own efforts.

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3320/professor-given-100000-to-study-world-of-warcraft?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en