Replies to '06/03 Virtual Chaos'

     I have to agree with the last woman on the show: it's not the game, it's the players.  I LOVE RPG's.  I've played them for years. Final Fantasy, Fantasy Star, Guild Wars, and have a current account with Disney's Toontown.  But I have NEVER played for hours on end, missed work, or neglected my family or responsibilities to play a game. 

     I still remember when the movie "Mazes and Monster" came out in 1982 starring Tom Hanks.  He was a young man playing a game similar to Dungeons and Dragons.  He became so obsessed that the game became real to him.  He started seeing normal people as monsters and even stabbed a man.  Even then, at the age of 13 (and a D&D player), I thought, "How stupid!"

     Being a huge fan of RPG's, I signed up for the free trial of World of Warcraft.  I played for may be an hour and got bored with it.  So I really don't understand the "addiction".  I truly believe that the people who become "addicted" to these games have other issues in their life and playing these games is their way of  escaping from dealing with those issues.