Many years ago I decided to check out WoW and my son taught me a little. I had the most fun creating my character lol. I did a couple of quests then lost interest. I find the gaming world interesting though. My son had made friends from all around the world. He even found a YouTube video of his character getting beat .. which was quite an accomplishment for the other guy that made the video because it was hard to beat him for various reasons.
Yes, that is definitely a great benefit of online gaming! It also helps a lot with learning the English language for non-English people :-)
My brother actually introduced me to WoW and he's still an avid gamer. He started making his own videos this year!