Post Tagged with: "MMO addiction"

IRL is a Short Look at WoW Addiction

Anthony Rosnar’s “IRL In Real Life” is a look into how he his virtual habit took over his actual life, and how he dealt with it.

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Gamer Sues MMO Publisher Over Addiction, Says He’s “Unable to Function”

America: Land of the free, home of the brave, and backdrop to numerous incredulous lawsuits. But at least this latest round of courtroom drama brings with it a rather scenic backdrop: Hawaii.

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Avatar Movie Observations, WoW/MMO Addiction, & Coming Clean

This post was originally going to be a review, but as Avatar’s plot unfolded, it became clear to me that I could no longer put off discussing a year long personal struggle in my life that may prove helpful to others out there going through a similar situation. Some of the readers may have noticed [...]

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“Super Mortal” Dr. Phil Takes on MMO Addiction

Today’s episode of the Dr. Phil show, titled “Virtual Chaos”, addresses video game addiction, and it isn’t pretty. The featured guests spend 80 hours a week on average playing “the game” (which is on more than one occasion revealed to be World of Warcraft), abandoning their jobs, ignoring their wives, and neglecting their children. One [...]

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