Not all is fun and games ...
There are also the darker sides of more and more people playing more and more online games. Everquest Daily Grind is a blog with personal accounts of people with partners or parents that are addicted to Multi Player Online Games. These tails are quite chilling:
For 2 months now my fiance has not stopped playing EQ for more than 10 minutes unless he is sleeping or at work! And he only stops playing to sleep for a couple hours. So he plays at the very least 8 hours through the week and ALL weekend. We have 4 kids (3 are his, 1 is mine) and are having another in less than 2 weeks. I am the ONLY one who has done EVERYTHING that needs done around the house and for the kids! He doesn't usually even answer when any of us speak to him!
Tomorrow mainly the sunny sides of "Why We Play Games: Gaming Beyond Games" at the Future Salon: Friday the 21st of May from 7-9pm (Join us for dinner afterwards too.)
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Location: 730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 [map] T: (415) 912-5901
More details to the content of this week's Future Salon in this post.