Cam Shea at the Australian IGN talks about WoW Addiction.
The scourge of addiction; it consumes everything in its path – families, neighbourhoods, puppy dogs, bicycles, you name it. It’s the ghastly boil on the face of humanity - a boil that’s about to burst. Sure, humans have always found something to become addicted to, from the ancient Egyptians, who would smoke dried dung beetle for its soporific effects, through to the shamanic Chihuahua lickers of Mexico, but the times they are a changin’. You see, in recent years we’ve seen an alarming development. Drugs that were once regarded as the most destructive and addictive ever devised - cocaine and Evercrack, to name just two - now look nothing short of quaint when compared with the new ‘super drugs’ – crystal meth, triple-sod, clarky cat and World of Warcraft. It’s a dangerous new world teetering on the brink of utter annihilation.
Heh. Isn’t this getting a bit old, even with humour?
Beaten to death though the topic may be, WoW addiction is still very real. As a "casual" WoW player, I see it happen to a lot of people, some of them my close friends. They stop having the desire to interact with anyone, preferring the game to actual human interaction… Well, you know the drill. Because we’ve all seen it.
Saying you’re tired of hearing about WoW addiction is like saying you’re tired of hearing about drug abusers. Sure, you might be tired of hearing about it, but it hasn’t stopped, has it? So maybe we should all stop hearing and start listening.