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Detox Clinic Opening for Video Game Addicts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the come-clean dept.

Blue6 writes "An addiction center is opening Europe's first detox clinic for game addicts, offering in-house treatment for people who can't leave their joysticks alone. Video games may look innocent, but they can be as addictive as gambling or drugs, and just as hard to kick, says Keith Bakker, director of Amsterdam-based Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants." I'm pretty sure the amount of time I've spent in the world of Azeroth in the past year counts as addiction. Someone tell my parents I still love them, while I mine this ore.

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  1. Re:Newspeak by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    According to BBC-news, internet-persona "Zonk", a so-called "editor" of the famous homosexual news-site "Slashfaggot", has been brought in the hope of curing his obsession for sexually themes games involving minor-age persons, also known as "Anime".

    "Wii! Wii!," he commented, while trying to reach his doctor's genitals with his mouth.

  2. Dude! Get a life! don't sit on your butt (Re:DUPE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    reading Slashdot all day! Then you can miss the first time a topic is shown and won't be offended when a dupe occurs. (I had not seen this story prior, I work for a living)