It is 1 AM. The room is lit only by the flickering lights issuing from the monitor in the corner. Menacing shadows spring from the banisters of the stairs, looming and dying in the space of a gunshot. The house is asleep, except for one sallow-cheeked yet incredibly attractive man, hunched at the computer and [...]

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OK. Let’s do this. If I’m going to quit gaming forever, I need a plan of attack. There are two classic ways of quitting any addiction: gradually cutting down, or going cold turkey. When I gave up smoking, I chose the former, and it seemed to work ok; I started on 20 Marlboro a day, [...]

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