Video Game Detox Center Opens

profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
edited June 2006 in Science & 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

  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited June 2006
    profdlp wrote:
    Source: Fox News

    Who would have thunk? ;D
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Hrm..
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2006
    ...via the Associated Press... :rolleyes:

    Would you gentlemen care to comment on the article itself? ;)
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2006
    Lets face it: everything which is considered "fun" by some is "evil" to somebody else.
  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited June 2006
    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.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    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.
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