"I don't think I'll go back to World of Warcraft anytime soon," Alexander said. Copyright ? 2009, South Florida Sun-Sentinel E-mail Print Digg Twitter Facebook StumbleUpon COMMENTS (4) | Add Comment Comments: 01400 characters remaining As stated, the excessive abuse of anything could just a venue for larger problems to display themselves. I could probably safely guess that anything could ultimately become addictive to a damaged psychology, especially if a person has easy access to it. Whether this person is 'blaming it on video games' or not, this story doesn't really make that clarification. I'm sure there was something deeper that led Alexander to abuse video games that the author failed to mention. IGDe (10/07/2009, 5:23 PM ) Report Comment Report item as: (required) Inappropriate language Threatening language Advertising/spam Other Additional Comments: (optional) 500 characters limit I'll tell you what is a joke: Reprinting this story about the silly boy who flunked out of school for not attending classes or doing his work, and whose rich daddy bought him a month-long $14K vacation at some Lindsay Lohan-style rehab clinic so they could blame his failure on video games, instead of forcing him to take any sort of adult responsibility for himself. So funny I forgot to laugh. Although I consider it a privilege to attend, I know that college can be a tough time in life. I had more than one term where I didn't go to class or do my work, and I where flunked out as well, just like this Alexander boy. It wasn't until I took on a few minimum wage jobs to pay my own way that I realized the value of an education, went back to school, and earned my degree. As for games being "addictive," even the AMA has balked on that one. As far as I can see, the only people who are really interested in classifying games as medically addictive are the ones who want to ban them altogether (including the anti-game activist Psychology department at the University of Iowa), and the ones who want to charge $14K a month to treat listless rich kids.Think you've got what it takes to answer all ten questions about the World of Warcraft in-game holiday of Hallow's End? If you do, you'll get a shot at winning Grunty, the Murloc Space Marine pet given to BlizzCon attendees! 09zmchuan1028 reports: As Halloween comes to the real world, so to does it come to Azeroth: The in-game holiday of Hallow's End is just like our own, featuring trick-or-treating, flying brooms, jack-o-lanterns, and a crazed undead horseman who seeks to cleanse the rest of the world by burning it to ash. 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Responsible working people like myself should have no use for either. -- TJDeci (10/07/2009, 3:48 PM ) Report Comment Report item as: (required) Inappropriate language Threatening language Advertising/spam Other Additional Comments: (optional) 500 characters limit What about sports addiction? I have yet to see any kind of research on this. I know people that spend a vast majority of their lives involved in sports. This need to fit in with the Jocks, playing sports video game (not online), playing sports related games at work (paper football), attend sports events while not engaged in them physically, switching from sport to sport, following players careers (stalking), fantasy sports leagues, and there are more and more of these types of situations that have been overlooked. It would also appear to me that those athletes who do not go onto college stay in their hometown wasting their lives away drinking and reminiscing about the "glory days". I can think of 3 people that I know personally that are "addicted" to sports. Why is this being overlooked???? sliqdude (10/07/2009, 10:00 AM ) Report Comment Report item as: (required) Inappropriate language Threatening language Advertising/spam Other Additional Comments: (optional) 500 characters limit See All comments
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