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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 3644472" data-attributes="member: 5889">I consider video game addiction to be a real one, and in many ways far more serious in our modern day society than many other recognized forms of addiction.There are several reasons:1) Legal. You can play as much as you want, and its perfectly legal. Illegal addictions tend to be a bit harder to get started.2) Socially accepted. Its becoming more and more accepted that people can play rpgs and video games online. I mean WOW has millions of players. When schools tell children most people don't do drugs, that's true. But when it comes to video games, that's becoming less and less true.3) So very easy. Let's be honest, there's a certain amount of difficulty in being a crack addict. Money is the first one, always got to have the money. Then you usually have to deal with a dealer who may not be so trustworthy. And of course the illegality. People are forced to continuously do things they don't want to do, and when they hit "rock bottom" they start to recognize that they would rather have a life without the drug then continue to do what they do on the drug.But with video games, you have nice friendly people giving you more. All you need is a little electricity. You can play and play and play far more than the longest trip on heroine. And is so easy, you can park your butt in a chair and do nothing but play. People don't hit rock bottom, they just continue to tread water.I don't think any of this excuses the horror of this report, but I think its an indicator of things to come. Video Games can be habit forming and they can be addictive. Just like there are people that can never take a drink again, there are people who can never play a video game lest they become addicted. And as these games become more and more common, I fear we will see many more news reports like this one.</blockquote>

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