AOL Latino
LatinoBlogs
Role Playing games are not only increasing fans around the world, they also have collateral damages. This is the case of the game World of Warcraft and the not-anymore happily married Jocelyn and Peter.
Sometimes players get so much involved in the game that they lose track of everything else, and it becomes a problem for them in the real world. After a 9 month gestation, the game addiction of her husband forced Jocelyn to file for divorce and put an end to her 6 year marriage.
Seems like Peter couldn't draw the line between real life and roll-playing. He stopped paying bills, failed to do his house-work and didn't spend any time with his honey-bunny. Of course Jocelyn wasn't happy, and who can question her... We can imagine to be changed for a new girl, or a recently discovered attraction to other man, but to give up a marriage for a 3D doll?? That's too much for anybody to deal with.
The game is designed to be addictive, because you need to invest more and more time to maintain your status, so it really does becomes a danger for gamers and obsessive people.
Are you in control of your gaming addiction? What's the online RPG that takes you out of this world?
Engadget
Autoblog
TMZ
1. I play World of Warcraft. I was just about to start playing it right before I read some articles on here which happened to take me to this one. Funny. I am in control of my World of Warcraft gaming habits. You really have to monitor your time and plan it out wisely or else you will be on there too long. I just started playing in July so I could get it out of my system for 3 months around my summer school schedule. Now, I have even less time to play since I'm in school again. So, I play one or two days on the weekend. I give myself limits such as playing for 5 bars and then logging off or I can only play for one hour or 2. That helps me but its going to be different for everyone.
Feb 22nd 2008 | 4:38PM | Stacy