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Can video games really be THIS addicting?; Detox Center opens
Topic Started: Jun 8 2006, 01:51 PM (150 Views)
kenny
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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/08/D8I489R80.html
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Dewey
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What's next - a Coffee Room detox center?
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Bakker already has treated 20 video game addicts, aged 13 to 30, since January. Some show withdrawal symptoms, such as shaking and sweating, when they look at a computer.


:blink:

Wow.

(And no, not WoW. My addiction to that particular pixelated reality is held firmly in check, thank you. :P )
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Dewey
Jun 8 2006, 10:52 PM
What's next - a Coffee Room detox center?

I sure as hell would need to check in.

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dolmansaxlil
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Didn't a girl in Japan die playing WoW, because she didn't sleep/eat for days at a time?
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Mark
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Hey!

I'm only lvl 58!!!!

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Dol, I think she was playing everquest or something...but yeah, she died. What a n00b. Should've collected more life points. :leaving:
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Taking away video games used to be a good punishment but now the boys are into other things like airsoft guns. Josh used to get the "shakes" when he didn't get to play for a day or two. Now I just take away their pellets and BB's.

I'd rather fall into chocolate.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:02 PM
Dewey
Jun 8 2006, 10:52 PM
What's next - a Coffee Room detox center?

I sure as hell would need to check in.

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me too!
And how are you today?
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Aqua Letifer
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Mark
Jun 8 2006, 02:53 PM
Hey!

I'm only lvl 58!!!!

:leaving:

Seriously, you're not 60 yet?? You done Molten Core or anything like that yet? Geez, that crawl from 50 to 60 sure takes awhile!

You should be just in time for the expansion then, Mark, no big deal. :smile:
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Mark
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I have not been spending as much time doing the WoW thing as I did prior to lvl 50.

I have been very busy preparing a new release of our software.

And no, I have not done Molten Core or any "raid instances" for that matter.

Now I am getting ready to leave for Pittsburgh for the week.

You and 89th should drive up and meet me and Big Al for a beer or two! It's only like a 3 hour drive.

I will be staying in Donegal, PA.

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Aqua Letifer
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Oh yeah, that whole Real Life thing. Really gets in the way, doesn't it? :wink:

And MAN, what unlucky timing! I so would, 'cept that I'll be out of town for the next week. :(
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Mark
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Well, Big Al and I will lift a tankard of Greensburg's finest micro-brew in your honor.

We may even make it down DC way. My Aunt lives in Chevy Chase, MD and we are also thinking about going to the Zoo.

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