Great article. It's nice to see online gaming referenced in such a good light. I think Musgrove was correct when he said computer games have often been thought of as a pastime for the antisocial.
The everyday person rarely sees the community, money and time invested behind an online game. I've had a few converstions with people I work with about gaming, they find it surprising that such things like leagues and cash prizes exist. You should have seen the look on my partner's face when I showed him one of my TFC demos from a scrim LOL