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S. Korea's Stress-Driven Online Gaming Addiction

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the escape-via-mouse dept.

techsoldaten writes "The Washington Post is running an article about the ever-increasing problem of videogame addiction in South Korea. From the article: 'The situation has grown so acute that 10 South Koreans -- mostly teenagers and people in their twenties -- died in 2005 from game addiction-related causes, up from only two known deaths from 2001 to 2004, according to government officials.'"

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  1. In a poll of 100 gamers, Survey Says... by IAstudent · · Score: 4, Funny

    We require more LAN parties.

  2. Someone's been slacking by 0racle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Jack Thompson not doing enough recently to demonize games?

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  3. hmmm by dghcasp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it wrong that I'm reading this topic while waiting to be respawned in Counter Strike?

  4. Survey by porkThreeWays · · Score: 5, Funny

    When American gamers were asked to comment about their South Korean counterparts, 86% responded "gogo = boot"

    The last 14% just said "no gooks ffa snipers r0xor teh n00bs kekeke k thx~~"

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    1. Re:Survey by IAstudent · · Score: 3, Funny

      In my own survey, 75% of American gamers responded with a Zerg rush.

      The other 25% were too busy hax0ring Korean MMOs to respond.

  5. Damnit South Korea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You need to get a job and a girlfriend and move out of my basement!!

    Signed,
    Mrs. Korea

  6. Hm. by Khaed · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd hate for my last words to be:

    "kekekeke zerg rush ^___^"

  7. Re:Is it the games? by aussie_a · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm paralyzed from the waist down you insensitive clod!