Resident Evil 6?
I have written before about the perils of Internet addiction. Online games continue to be a hot spot of addictive behavior. I myself experienced a mild version years ago with StarCraft and still have a soft spot for Kerrigan:
Who wouldn't!
Asia continues to be the epicenter of online game addiction and the problem took a grim turn for the worse recently. A 16 year old sent to one of a growing number of camps for Internet addicts was beaten to death within hours of arriving. You can read the full story here.
Deng Senshan, pictured below, was one of a growing number of addicts among the estimated 300 million-plus Internet users in China. The Chinese have often turned to rather draconian measures in attempts to break the cycle of addiction including electro-shock therapy. This practice was recently banned by the Chinese Ministry of Health.
The whole thing reminds me of a real world Raccoon City!
Posted by Warren Adelman at 8/8/2009 8:01 AM 
Categories: Human behavior
Tags: games. human behavior internet addiction
Categories: Human behavior
Tags: games. human behavior internet addiction
300 Million Online gamers is a staggering number, considering the entire population of the United States is about the same.
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Just a clarification: 300 million plus Internet users. I suspect a much smaller number of gamers. Although all numbers end up large in China/
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It's a shame they don't pursue and treat internet scammers with the same vigor. This type of erradication would be welcome. A good caning at a minimum
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No doubt! I have found people have misconceptions about caning however. Rather nasty business at times.
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"I myself experienced a mild version years ago with StarCraft"
Egads! This must mean that we're going to have a Go Daddy StarCraft 2 launch party?
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No such plan but I may have a personal party
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