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Subject: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: jackas on 06/09/06 at 10:12 am
This is too funny. I wonder if the DT's are painful. :P I think I may need to have my husband signed up. ;D
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060609/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_detox
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 06/09/06 at 10:28 am
Jeezus, it took this long? When I was a kid, the grownups were fretting about the amount of time we were playing videogames, even the arcade games you had to feed a quarter per play! The only brush I had with addiction was when Doom came out. I was in college. I'd had no interest in video games of any sort since Pac-Man, and suddenly I was obsessed. I finally beat the highest level, and my roommate went and downloaded the next version!
::)
Oh dear...it's just a question of time before they set up the porno-detox!
:o
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: Apricot on 06/09/06 at 12:53 pm
I know at least 3 people that this would be perfect for. I'm serious, the similarities between the way they play video games and the way people use crack, it's scary. Plus, this would make them a whole lot less unbearable to talk to. ;D
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 06/09/06 at 2:23 pm
I know at least 3 people that this would be perfect for. I'm serious, the similarities between the way they play video games and the way people use crack, it's scary. Plus, this would make them a whole lot less unbearable to talk to. ;D
I have found video game "addicts" so personally annoying, I would rather they stay in their rooms and play video games.
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: jackas on 06/11/06 at 7:18 am
Perhaps we shouldn't be laughing at this. Could there be an inthe00's detox soon? :o :P
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: 80sTrivMeister on 06/11/06 at 8:18 am
I knew this would come about one of these days... :D
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: Trimac20 on 06/11/06 at 10:26 am
I've never been a gaming addict...sure I probably played a touch more than was healthy, but I always knew my limits, and actually stopped to eat meals, go to bed.etc (most of the time).
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 06/11/06 at 2:07 pm
Perhaps we shouldn't be laughing at this. Could there be an inthe00's detox soon? :o :P
That'll require more de-programming than de-tox.
I've never been a gaming addict...sure I probably played a touch more than was healthy, but I always knew my limits, and actually stopped to eat meals, go to bed.etc (most of the time).
My friend's roommate in college had a huge stack of calzone boxes next to his desk. Definitely a warning sign!
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: JamieMcBain on 06/11/06 at 4:57 pm
Damn..... Where was this when Tetris came out? ;D
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: whistledog on 06/16/06 at 12:54 am
Damn..... Where was this when Tetris came out? ;D
;D
Subject: Re: Detox clinic set for video game addicts
Written By: Trimac20 on 06/16/06 at 1:06 am
Damn..... Where was this when Tetris came out? ;D
I bought a PSP amidst the cloud of hype in Sept. last year: subsequently, I spent a period absolutely obsessed with the puzzle game 'Lumines', before consigning the PSP to a dusty shelf, rarely to be played again.