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Fighting the Scourge of Gaming Addiction

Posted by michael on from the five-years-for-peddling-evercrack dept.

speby writes: "With the growing popularity of LAN parties and other such channels to game (which the article at Wired doesn't mention) is it possible that gaming has become a real addiction? How can a person become addicted? And why?"

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  1. I hope so by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a 'pusher' (game developer), I hope they never find a cure. :)

  2. Indirect gaming addiction by quartz · · Score: 5, Funny

    The last game I played was Metal Gear Solid 2. Nice game, but my wife got addicted to watching it because of the stupid long movies. When I finished it, she asked me to play it on a higher difficulty level so she can watch it again. :-/

  3. Hi my name is Greg, and i'm an addict... by Rev.LoveJoy · · Score: 5, Funny
    It all started a few years ago when my girlfriend started collecting those beenie babies. She would pour over her computer screen for hours and hours surfing America's Garage Sale ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^ E-bay.

    I didn't know what to do with all the time on my hands. So I picked up a copy of Diablo. I don't remember exactly when she left me, but I know I had at least 3 battle.net characters that could fucking own on hell level!

    After I got bored with Diablo, I thought it was over, but things only got worse. My next girlfriend became an ICQ whore. Chatting with all types all over the world until god only knows how early in the morning. I found this great thing called EverQuest and I haven't really seen her, or my shoes, since.

    The downhill slide having begun, I was hooked. My CS skills are feared far and wide at LAN parties and my tollerance is so high that I can stare at a CRT for hours without blinking. Even those old ones with the 72 mHz refresh rates.

    These days, it's just get up, stumble to the fridge in the morning. The whole time I'm thinking about what the proper Civ3 build order is for a city on my cultural boundry. I lay awake at night thinking about optimal artillary placement in Empire Earth.

    If only Betty Ford had a program that suited me ... with phat net access and flat screens.
    -- RLJ

  4. Re:It's very simple by Chester+K · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but certain people are more pron to addiction.

    I am not addicted to pron! I can stop looking at it anytime I want!

    ...oh? ... nevermind... nothing to see here...

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