Video Game Addiction

1 Sep 2010 - Only in America! District judge Alan Kay in Honolulu, Hawaii, ruled that four out of eight charges can go ahead in a lawsuit brought by a man who claims he is psychologically dependent and addicted to an online video game, called Lineage II. Craig Smallwood , 51, said he had played the online role-playing game for more than 20,000 hours since 2004 and was now unable to function independently in daily activities, such as getting dressed., bathing or communicating with family and friends. He said the game South Korean's maker, NCSoft, which demanded the case to be dismissed, had not warned him about the risk of addiction. Stay tuned, because if he looses the case he may sue his mother for putting him on the planet in the first place. And I eat my hat if NCSoft is not quietly very happy with all the free attention for their product?