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Good Advice For Fighting Game Addiction
While it’s easy to find mainstream media attacking video games for no reason, it’s also undeniable that video games can be an addictive hobby, especially for young children.
Unpaid Internet Bill Leads To Game-Blamed Stabbing
Game-blame news from Romania: a 15-year-old boy said to be “dependent” on video games stabbed to death his adoptive mother, after she refused to pay the internet bill in hopes the disconnection would put an end to his Counter-Strike addiction.
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Survey Says U.S. Gamers Older, Fatter Than Thought
Hooray! Video gamers average age is that of mine – 35. Less celebrated: gamers are more likely to be unhealthier, fatter, and more depressed than others. Those are the findings of – ding ding ding!!! – a new study.
Video Game Obsession Cited In Halo Shooter’s Lenient Sentencing
An Ohio judge has granted Daniel Petric a lenient sentence today, citing the teen’s video game addiction to Halo 3 as a potential contributing factor in the 2007 shooting that left his mother dead.
Boy Has Siezure After WoW Marathon, Daily Mail Has A Fit
Did you know that playing World of Warcraft is addictive to its players on par with cocaine? It’s true!* Too bad you don’t get the by-product of a slimmer physique and coke-fuelled sex benders…
PlayStation Gets Its Own Skin Disorder
Just when you think things are beginning to look up for Sony, the PlayStation goes and gets its very own skin disorder: PlayStation palmar hidradenitis.
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