Thursday, February 12, 2009

World of Warcraft addiction response

We all know that addiction is becoming a serious problem. We know it's not just young audiences affected, but the elderly are afftected as well. This addiction is indeed becoming as worse as drug or alcohol addiction; thank god it's not critical.

But if there's one thing that makes this addiction more serious, it's role playing games. Now I'm not the kind of guy who bashes video games. But let's face it, role playing games are one of the sources that involve internet addiction.

As the addicted idol stated, one of the biggest internet addiction is a game developed by Blizzard called World of Warcraft. The purpose of the game is to send players into an "alternate dimension" where people from all over the world can interact & go on quests at the same time. They can fight as elves, humans, dwarfs, shamens, or they can create a new species.

According to the charts, about 20% of the 14 million people playing are addicted. Addicted Idol was right about one thing. Internet addiction is becoming a serious issue because it's not just young adults playing Warcraft. In fact, actors such as Mr. T & Ozzy Osbourne have been rumored to be playing this game. You could go up between 12-55 & you can still be addicted to playing this game.

But as I said before, I am not a guy who bashes video games. Take me, for instance, a guy who enjoys playing Smackdown vs. Raw games where you can either create yourself as a superstar or create a superstar based on celebrities. But what I know from my cousin up in Live Oak, games like this makes us "moody & violent" & they stop caring about their social life.

Now take it from me, it's nice to play video games once in awhile. But if we play video games for the rest of our lives, what's worth lving if we're not going to spend it. I would prefer going out of the house, going camping, seeing new sights, & meeting people. Otherwise, if you love these games too much you might as well live in Warcraft {we all know there's only ONE way to do that}.

Don't take my word for it. Only you can choose your fate. But I will suggest this, choose wisely.

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