CVG posted up a link last week to an article which was originally published in the Sunday Times a couple of weeks ago (yes, I’m being incredibly lax in reporting it, so sue me…). The article in question refers to the increasing amount of kids who become addicted to video games.
It’s slightly worrying to think that anyone could slip into that addiction mentality when it comes to gaming. I’ve certainly spent many an hour playing games (I remember spending at least one particular session with Luke where we were playing Planetside from sundown to sunrise back in our college days), but I don’t think I’ve ever passed up an opportunity to do something else in favour of a video game.
Does it mean we tread a very fine line between hobby, obsession and addiction? Rather than dissect the article paragraph for paragraph, I’ll simply link to it here and let you read it at your leisure – it’s definitely an interesting read.
In other, less scary news, tickets for The 2010 Eurogamer Expo went on sale this week – a few of us went along last year. It was after visiting the Expo that I decided to start this blog, in fact. I highly recommend it to anyone – it’s a great day, and nothing beats heading into London afterwards for a few beers.
Right, back to Real Life™ ! I’ve got AvP to finish before the deluge of games this Summer – Green Day: Rock Band, Super Street Fighter IV, Lost Planet 2, Crackdown 2, the Halo: Reach Beta and Brink to name just a few! Looks like I’ll miss out on all the sunshine!
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