FARK.com: (6902836) This week in British nannystating: Labour MP calls for rehab for gamers

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zarberg

2012-01-26 12:54:32 AM

Not that I'm one to talk as a gamer myself, but I have seen more than a few WoW players who needed some serious mental help.

skinnyartist

2012-01-26 01:28:38 AM

AcneVulgaris

2012-01-26 01:33:16 AM

What about the masturbators?

moothemagiccow

2012-01-26 01:45:07 AM

I play my fair share of video games, but there are people who really have a problem. That problem is DVT.

shinji3i

2012-01-26 01:46:20 AM

How about rehab for guys who paint themselves at football games?

/One riots after losing, the other just yells angrily at their computer in German

Trocadero

2012-01-26 01:48:24 AM

Solution.

Anenu

2012-01-26 01:49:56 AM

AcneVulgaris: What about the masturbators?

www.explosm.net

Radioactive Ass

2012-01-26 02:00:39 AM

FTA: ""which suggests that frequently using the internet or video games can have a physical effect on the brain, similar to that of drugs or alcohol"."

Did they ever take into consideration that there might just be a tad of those involved in the first place?

/just a tad

SN1987a goes boom

2012-01-26 02:17:44 AM

Trocadero: [pics.mobygames.com image 640x446]
Solution.

Are you trying to create another school shooting?

Jim_Callahan

2012-01-26 02:28:16 AM

Well, in his defense, I've known some people that could use some help with non-chemical dependencies. It's certainly possible for non-social hobbies to hobble your for-reals social life.

TedNigma

2012-01-26 02:39:43 AM

-shrugs- My wife neglected the kids and I for 2 years. When I asked if she would get off WoW so we can have a single family night a week, she totally withdrew. One day she announced that she wanted a divorce so she can have a relationship with one of her guildies.

So yeah, this is real.

Allen262

2012-01-26 03:22:57 AM

They better call the program Real Life Respawn.

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf

2012-01-26 03:30:32 AM

Seems like an addiction to gaming would be similar to OCD, which is a legitimate mental disorder

BloodySaxon

2012-01-26 08:25:13 AM

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: Seems like an addiction to gaming would be similar to ~~OCD~~ COD, which is a legitimate mental disorder

Modern Warfare 2 was the best of them.

FARTNOISE FARTNOISE JUNIOR

2012-01-26 09:13:00 AM

TedNigma: -shrugs- My wife neglected the kids and I for 2 years. When I asked if she would get off WoW so we can have a single family night a week, she totally withdrew. One day she announced that she wanted a divorce so she can have a relationship with one of her guildies.

So yeah, this is real.

Eh, sounds to me like she was less obsessed with the video game and more obsessed with the hot Draenei on Night Elf ERP that her next husband was willing to offer her. In short, you should have just put on the tail.

Burr

2012-01-26 09:14:17 AM

Sweet, I'm sure they have similar programs for TV and Movie addiction as well!

Cause it isn't like some people sit on their couch for hours on end watching TV and withdraw from society!

Inigo

2012-01-26 09:55:25 AM

Keith Vaz

Stopped reading there.

offmymeds

2012-01-26 12:37:04 PM

watson.t.hamster

2012-01-26 01:22:49 PM

Whatever it takes to get them off the streets . . .

Vash's Apprentice

2012-01-28 01:24:34 AM

Okay, but they have to reach a save point first.

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