Comments on: Internet & Video Game Addiction

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:33:55 +0000

Heh, yeah, WoW can be pretty bad. I think of it as a continual LAN party. Now days, if i’m even on, it’s to rack up the online cash for payback and/or B.S. with fellow gamers runnin’ through a dungeon, just for fun.

What i’m wondering is, how does T.V. stack up? It’s about to be as nearly as bad, though it’s lacking of interaction probably keeps it within safe levels. Set time durations also probably help.

By: creative-type dad

creative-type dad — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:20:30 +0000

I get addicted to those online games and then have to cut them off cold turkey.

WoW (Warcraft) is banned from my house. I’m now onto Pirates Online, which will probably have to come to and end soon…

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:16:23 +0000

Oh if i only had back the hours I, a 40something year old woman, lost playing Terris, Everquest and World of Warcraft. It’s not just for men, boys.

By: lionemom

lionemom — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:09:11 +0000

The big addiction in games these days is the MMOPRG world - including Everquest (also known as “EverCRACK”), Asheron’s Call (smaller but great world!), Dark Age Of Camelot (aka DAOC), World of Warcraft (aka World of War-CRACK), D&D Online, and Lord Of The Rings Online (aka LOTRO). I have many friends who play these games and a few who actually work for one of the companies that makes them. Console games, PC versions of console games, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, feh! I may like some of those games, you may like some of those games. But the REAL addictive games are the online RPGs. They suck people in and make them think they have lives and friends and personalities. There are even people who sell virtual property (for REAL MONEY) for use in these games when they are leaving a game or retiring a character.

A-mazing!

By: ChristinaTE

ChristinaTE — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:55:16 +0000

My husband is a major gamer. We have all three of the new gen console systems in our living room and a huge collection of games to go with them. On the negative side it’s an expensive and time consuming hobby, on the positive at least he’s not playing World of Warcraft 24/7 like some people and he’s always willing to turn the game off if I want us to do something together. Plus Rockband and Guitar Hero are really fun to play together. Have you guys tried those yet?

Also we went to Video Games Live for the first time in December and even we felt like it was too nerdy. Pretty funny though.

By: brent

brent — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:03:36 +0000

Clan Pants!

By: shaunacon

shaunacon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:10:39 +0000

Speaking of video games, this could be cool…

Video Games Live

By: GoGo

GoGo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:55:43 +0000

Ha. I got Nintendo-itus back in the day, like way back. My thumbs were locked and I had to stop playing video games for a minute. Yeah, its addictive…not sure what that says about me since I am a woman…but I haven’t played in years, so perhaps it wears off on women.

By: di

di — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:38:32 +0000

I am addicted to a MUD. I can’t believe how easy it is to get sucked into the vortex of gaming addiction.

By: ravenpen

ravenpen — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:51:32 +0000

Sweet, sweet Myth.

Oh the countless hours I lost to that game and its glorious sequel Myth II: Soulblighter.

I was so sad to see the community for that game disappear. Though it’s possible to play it under OS X using an updated application file, it’s hard to find an old-fashioned, unmodified match online anymore.

I suppose it’s for the best, but I still really miss it sometimes.