In my first post I wondered if there were any rehab-possibilities for gamers gone too far. Here's the answer.
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=165821
(Warning: Article in norwegian. Posted a quick tranlation by moi.)
"About 8 million people world wide play WoW, which is the most popular online roleplaying game. About 70.000 people play this game in Norway alone. BUt some of them loose control, and worried parents contacts "The Help Line", writes "Our Country" (newspaper).
Problems connected with games without money is a growing challeneg, says Thore Paulsen of the Help Line, a help service for people with gaming problems. Paulsen says he has had the first WoW patient for treatment at "Sykehuset Innlandet", Sanderud in Hedmark, Norway. Helene Fellman, leader of a child care center in Oslo, also works with young people who has problems liberating themselves from WoW. She is devloping a rehab program for people who has addictions to role playing games, with funding from the government. "I've had conversations with several young boys and their families who experience that WOW has taken over", she says. She explains that many get's so tangled up in the game that they quit other activities, forgets other friends and quits training and school. "
Hm... where can I sign up? Seems like they've only mde a program for boys tho. Sexists. *sniff*
2 comments:
It's sick! Of course they should let girls into places like that! Most guys who sign up for that haven't seen female genitalia since birth. Girls would be the perfect WoW distraction for them!
QFT Arty. I'd think girls wouldn't be "allowed", I'd say they were pretty damn mandatory.
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