Video Game Detox Center Opens

10 Jun, 2006 at 10:21am ET Article published in Tech

Finally, progress in the fight against…having fun?

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — An addiction center is opening Europe’s first detox clinic for video game addicts, offering in-house treatment for people who can’t leave their joysticks alone.

Video games may look innocent, but they can be as addictive as gambling or drugs — and just as hard to kick, says Keith Bakker, director of Amsterdam-based Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants.

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 console.

Stop me before I camp at a spawn point again…

Source: Fox News

Comments

10 Jun 2006 ~ 4:31pm Nosferatu

profdlp wrote:

Source: Fox News

Who would have thunk?
10 Jun 2006 ~ 4:54pm RWB Hrm..
10 Jun 2006 ~ 4:58pm profdlp ...via the Associated Press...

Would you gentlemen care to comment on the article itself?
11 Jun 2006 ~ 2:00am TheSmJ Lets face it: everything which is considered "fun" by some is "evil" to somebody else.
11 Jun 2006 ~ 8:19am Nosferatu A detox center for people suffering from a "video game addiction"? It's ludicrous. We aren't talking about nicotine, alcohol, or hard drugs here. It's a video game! What is the world coming to...? This is something that should be featured on The Onion.
11 Jun 2006 ~ 8:56am airbornflght I love the onion, its so damn funny,one of the girls in my yearbook class brought a big book in that was the onion, i read it for 2 weeks straight.