Gaming Addiction In The Media Again

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 7, 2005 @11:11AM from the nothing-else-to-talk-about-i'm-sure dept.

RexDart writes "'Gamers camped out at Internet cafes typically live on instant cup noodles and cigarettes, barely sleeping and seldom washing,' declares a CNN.com article on gaming addiction in Korea. The story reports on aberrant behavior sometimes fatility linked to obsessive gaming, and is sure to add fuel to the various videogame legislation fights going on." From the article: "Many of South Korea's 17 million gamers -- some 35 percent of the population, principally males in their teens and twenties -- are obsessive. At the 1,000 won-per-hour ($1) Internet cafes popular among young South Koreans, they'll sit eyes glued to monitors for hours on end. Sometimes play will extend for days."

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I can quit anytime by DeltaStorm · 2005-10-07 11:18 · Score: 2, Funny

I just don't want to quit.

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Re:North Korean Plot by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-09 02:56 · Score: 1, Funny

Well doubt that they will be successful as most South Koreans should know the standard counters to a Zergling rush.
Twenty-four... or Eighteen? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-09 05:07 · Score: 1, Funny

With 16 minutes of ads an hour, watching 24 should only take eighteen hours.

If you can't handle sitting on a couch for eighteen hours, /. is no place for you. How do you handle your Trilogy of Trilogy Star Wars viewings?