An article about videogame addiction.

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http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/23935/vi ... addiction/

Maybe it's what's turning people into a-holes. Edit: I mean people generally. Not on WP

If you like that article you should check out their guide to 80s action. It's pretty funny.

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Wow, what an arrogant douche.

I remember playing a PC game a few years ago where you raced on the streets of major cities, like Paris.

One day I played it solidly for a few hours, then I had to get off the computer and drive my son to a friends house. I found myself taking corners too quickly and a little heavy on the pedal. That's the first time I've ever been affected that way.

just the basic stop having fun cause I an't and join the workaholic slaves article.

if you can get up walk away and not play games for days or weeks you aren't addicted. really isn't anything wrong with relaxing to games. is someone who reads news every day addicted to it?

They can be great for short periods. I have a specific beef with MMORPG's that use a range of underhanded techniques to get you addicted. Some of it is no different morally from getting someone hooked on a drug, as far as I can see.

Here's something Cracked.com wrote about it: http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5- ... icted.html

I had one of the few anti-gun liberals at work (sheep among wolves ) ask me if my manager knew I was playing FPS games on my iPhone.
My deadpan reply: "Probably so, but it's a safe bet he'd rather I roam the corridors and chambers of my iPhone killing people by the dozen then doing it in THIS building with a real gun and real people by the dozen".
He never bugged me about that again.

^A slacker,eh?I thought you conserves believed in the "nose to the grindstone" work ethic.

/\ It's for those times between grindstones.....

^Well I suppose you go thru grindstones fast enough,whetting your beak on them.

I don't play mmorpgs.

I play battlefield, gta and elderscrolls/fallout.
I have pleanty of free time and if not for videogames it'd be spent crying laying in bed depressed. they are a distraction i often have to bring myself to play. they sort of fun once on it.

though I also don't care about acheivements, or collecting items . I often play games and get very few of them. where as some other people strive to get them all.

I don't play games that cost money per month. its why i won't get elderscrolls online, that and I dont like mmos you build your character then some guy who plays the game 24/7 comes along and rapes you and takes your stuff. no thanks.

atleast with battlefield. everyone has equal stuff. while I may not be good, most game are enjoyable. and when the one comes where the other team destroys us over and over I just get off.

That site looks like a satire site. I'm not sure if I should take that article seriously.