Drugs have addictions, games don't, no more then gambling does. Sorry, I don't buy it. You make your choices in life, I love games but Monday morning I am off to work, not Dark Age of Camelot, much as I would love to, I got bills to pay. When its my wifes Birthday, I don't ignore her and play games, I take her out. We all have resposiblities, some choose to live up to them some don't and pay the consequences, but it was never about an addiction, it is about maturity.
These kinds of media driven "excuses" to justify destructive gambling and gaming habits as "addictions" simply compound the problem by removing a certain sense of onus of responsibility from the individual who needs to address it the most, thenselves. Sorry, I don't buy it. If gaming is ruining your life, address it, stop making excuses and grow up. There is no shame in gaining from our mistakes in life, there is in not learning from them.
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Drugs have addictions, games don't, no more then gambling does. Sorry, I don't buy it. You make your choices in life, I love games but Monday morning I am off to work, not Dark Age of Camelot, much as I would love to, I got bills to pay. When its my wifes Birthday, I don't ignore her and play games, I take her out. We all have resposiblities, some choose to live up to them some don't and pay the consequences, but it was never about an addiction, it is about maturity. These kinds of media driven "excuses" to justify destructive gambling and gaming habits as "addictions" simply compound the problem by removing a certain sense of onus of responsibility from the individual who needs to address it the most, thenselves. Sorry, I don't buy it. If gaming is ruining your life, address it, stop making excuses and grow up. There is no shame in gaining from our mistakes in life, there is in not learning from them.