Sweden: WoW As Addictive As Crack Cocaine

Monday 2 March 2009 @ 11:42 pm | By Ivan 'Nahu' Lozano 6 Comments

Again, reporting from the “no shit, Sherlock” department at DDN HQ, a kid in Sweden passed out in an epileptic seizure after playing WoW for 24 hours straight. Now a report form Sweden’s Youth Care Foundations is describing WoW as the ‘crack cocaine’ of videogames. Psychiatrist Richard Graham said in response to the case:

‘Such prolonged gaming can produce a sort of socially withdrawn figure who may be connecting with people in the game, but is largely dropping out of education and other social opportunities.’

Wow! These people are making freaking breakthroughs here, next up: Hardcore anime fans have unreal expectations of the female body… and the effects of gravity on it.

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6 Replies to "Sweden: WoW As Addictive As Crack Cocaine"

Enner says:

March 3, 2009 at 12:24 am

Smoke it up!

Better rehab fast.

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- Sol d-_-b says:
  
  March 3, 2009 at 1:32 pm
  
  I wonder if former WOW addicts go through withdraws…
  
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Luna says:

March 3, 2009 at 12:31 am

I swear, the media is always a few steps behind on obvious things…

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Vekter says:

March 3, 2009 at 11:27 am

My big question is, when did we get a “No shit, Sherlock” division and why am I not the head of it? :P

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SOL-IMPOSTOR says:

March 5, 2009 at 3:16 am

and it is bad employment

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- Sol d-_-b says:
  
  March 5, 2009 at 7:24 am
  
  Nice try…get your own name.
  
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