Why are computer games so addictive?

Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Tim Cameron

Why are computer games so damn catchy? What makes them such life sapping viruses, and is there anything we can do about it? Do we even want to, when we’re perfectly happy to be addicted?
Here are a few thoughts purely from my personal experience. I’d love to hear some of yours.

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Level 1: Training Stage

Posted on May 12th, 2008 by Tim Cameron

Hello there.
I’m Tim Cameron, a struggling musician and freelance writer for www.cracked.com.
A couple of months ago, I decided to quit gaming forever. The epiphany came some weeks after I went to New York on a romantic mission to meet a girl whom I had only ever spoken to online. She turned out to be the [...]

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