a) I have done about three hours of research on the addictive nature of RPGs.  Some of the sites that I have found very informational are below:

http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/080915.html

http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre20061110...

I have also researched such games as second life, but did not save the links.

b)I contributed two hours towards putting together the Memo tonight in a group setting.