I would like to know others' opinions on this article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081700625.html
The reporter talks with psychologists and gamers and game devs about addiction to games, with a particular focus on MMOs. The first 1-2 pages are reasonable. Then the article descends into emotion-laden crappiness when they disclose that the founder of Game Addict Anonymous (actually Online Gamers Anonymous) is this lady whose son committed suicide after losing his job, moving back home, and playing EQ all the time. The article takes macabre joy in pointing out:
And another neo-Prohibitionist movement is born.
[edit: damnit, I meant the thread title to be "Addiction" not "Addition", ah well, I R N00b.]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081700625.html
The reporter talks with psychologists and gamers and game devs about addiction to games, with a particular focus on MMOs. The first 1-2 pages are reasonable. Then the article descends into emotion-laden crappiness when they disclose that the founder of Game Addict Anonymous (actually Online Gamers Anonymous) is this lady whose son committed suicide after losing his job, moving back home, and playing EQ all the time. The article takes macabre joy in pointing out:
On Thanksgiving Day 2001, Woolley found 21-year-old Shawn dead in front of his computer after having committed suicide. Everquest was on the screen.
And another neo-Prohibitionist movement is born.
[edit: damnit, I meant the thread title to be "Addiction" not "Addition", ah well, I R N00b.]