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Category: Article Posted on 2008-06-10 09:02:40 Add to Bookmark

I think the answer is no, and that the term 'addicted' is thrown around too loosely these days. I think that this newly formed 'Video Game Addiction' comes under the same category as several other 'addictions' that have popped up over recent years, like shopping addictions, sex addictions, and drinking milk from the carton addictions. Personally, I don't believe these are addictions at all, I believe these are simply bad habits and below I'm going to explain why.

Firstly, I think its important to define what exactly is an addiction, and what is a simply a bad habit. An addiction from my perspective is usually created in the physical realm, like Nicotine and Heroin, whereas a bad habit is something that is created mentally. Now in a world such as ours nothing is ever a certain (excluding death and taxes), and as such there are always exceptions to the rule. I do not believe that all physical addictions are substance based, nor do I believe that all mental addictions aren't, but the vast majority are.

So on that basis, I believe that Video Game Addiction is not an addiction at all, but simply a bad habit that can be easily remedied with willpower and self-discipline. Now I'm

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Category: Game Preview Posted on 2008-06-03 04:46:57 Add to Bookmark

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I've noticed lately, and you may have too, that over the last couple of years F2P (Free to Play) games have begun to evolve. It wasn't long ago that the mere mention of a game with no cost or monthly fee would have people literally running in fear, and with good reason too because let's face it, F2P games had never really been all that good. But how could they be? These games receive no income whatsoever, how are they supposed compete with games like World of Warcraft that boast annual profits in the billions? Well, nowadays they are competing; by using in game advertising and charging real money for in-game items these games are turning a very large profit, without initially charging the player at all.

Now, they have begun to evolve again, higher quality game developers have begun to notice that this method of development can in some cases turn an even higher profit than games that require purchase, and as such higher quality F2P games are on the rise. Warrior Epic is one of these games.

Developed by Possibility Space, Warrior Epic is not only taking huge steps in a graphical sense, but they are also adding completely new features never before seen in the MM

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