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GameSetWatch has a humorous look at a recent press package they received from PopCap Games. From the article: "'Earlier this summer I had a terrifying situation where an unexpected interaction of two new prescription medicines sent me into a panic attack so severe it made me attempt suicide. When I got home from the hospital that night, I sat there playing the endless version of Bejeweled 2 for most of the night, while the last of the overdose I had taken worked its way out of my system.' This, kind readers, is why casual games are actually pretty hardcore."
a panic attack so severe it made me attempt suicide. When I got home from the hospital that night
If the hospital sends you home "while the last of the overdose [you] had taken worked its way out of [your] system" then it wasn't much of an attempt so much as a whiny cry for attention. At the least they'd make you swallow a disgusting charcoal drink or pump you out and keep you for psychiatric evaluation.
Trolling is a art,
You never hear of World of Warcraft players addicted to heroin. You just don't have time to be depressed while playing Halo. You can feed all that anti-social rage into GTA. Seriously, outside pure escapism , games do nothing good. The fact is that video games are far more likely the cause of, or add to mental problems, rather then do anything to help them.
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had a terrifying situation where an unexpected interaction of two new prescription medicines sent me into a panic attack so severe it made me attempt suicide.
Har har! Overdosing on drugs and trying to kill yourself is funny!
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