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		<title>Stunning YouTube Footage Of A Video Game Addict (World Of Warcraft)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Many people do not regard video game addiction to be as serious as other forms of addiction.</p>
<p>But is this true?</p>
<p>Just consider the following video.</p>
<p>The following YouTube video is reportedly footage of one teen's reaction to the news that his mother has cancelled his World of Warcraft account.</p>
<p>For those of you who are not familiar with World of Warcraft, it is a HIGHLY addicting online role playing game. In fact, many online games can be so addicting that they can literally take over a person's life.</p>
<p>So is this teen addicted to World of Warcraft?</p>
<p>Is he displaying the behavior of a video game addict?</p>
<p>You make the call.....</p>
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<p>The truth is that video game addiction can ruin your life if you are not careful. If you have stories or videos about video game addiction, please feel free to share them with us in the comments below. <a href='http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/stunning-youtube-footage-of-a-video-game-addict-world-of-warcraft' rel="nofollow">(Read More....)</a></p>[...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people do not regard video game addiction to be as serious as other forms of addiction.</p>
<p>But is this true?</p>
<p>Just consider the following video.</p>
<p>The following YouTube video is reportedly footage of one teen's reaction to the news that his mother has cancelled his World of Warcraft account.</p>
<p>For those of you who are not familiar with World of Warcraft, it is a HIGHLY addicting online role playing game. In fact, many online games can be so addicting that they can literally take over a person's life.</p>
<p>So is this teen addicted to World of Warcraft?</p>
<p>Is he displaying the behavior of a video game addict?</p>
<p>You make the call.....</p>
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<p>The truth is that video game addiction can ruin your life if you are not careful. If you have stories or videos about video game addiction, please feel free to share them with us in the comments below. <a href='http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/stunning-youtube-footage-of-a-video-game-addict-world-of-warcraft' rel="nofollow">(Read More....)</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Video Game Addiction</title>
		<link>http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/video-game-addiction</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Video Game Addiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"> <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-91" title="kids-playing-video-games21" src="http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kids-playing-video-games21.jpg" alt="kids-playing-video-games21" width="328" height="248" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">FROM THIS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-92" title="article-1006522-00c84c9100000578-445_468x455_popup" src="http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/article-1006522-00c84c9100000578-445_468x455_popup.jpg" alt="article-1006522-00c84c9100000578-445_468x455_popup" width="342" height="328" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">TO THIS!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play.</p>
<p>In another Bristsh Study -72% Of men would prefer to play Video games than be with their partner.  From a<a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/23352/24376/72percent-prefer-gaming-to-girlfriends.phtml"> study of 1130 British men</a>, of those in relationships, 32% that said they would prefer to play video games gave reasons ranging from their "partner being hard to please" to the prospect being "not as much fun" as gaming.</p>
<p>When many of us were younger we would talk about how we were "addicted" to a video game, but we never really meant it <a href='http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/video-game-addiction' rel="nofollow">(Read More....)</a></p>[...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"> <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-91" title="kids-playing-video-games21" src="http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kids-playing-video-games21.jpg" alt="kids-playing-video-games21" width="328" height="248" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">FROM THIS</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-92" title="article-1006522-00c84c9100000578-445_468x455_popup" src="http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/article-1006522-00c84c9100000578-445_468x455_popup.jpg" alt="article-1006522-00c84c9100000578-445_468x455_popup" width="342" height="328" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">TO THIS!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play.</p>
<p>In another Bristsh Study -72% Of men would prefer to play Video games than be with their partner.  From a<a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/23352/24376/72percent-prefer-gaming-to-girlfriends.phtml"> study of 1130 British men</a>, of those in relationships, 32% that said they would prefer to play video games gave reasons ranging from their "partner being hard to please" to the prospect being "not as much fun" as gaming.</p>
<p>When many of us were younger we would talk about how we were "addicted" to a video game, but we never really meant it <a href='http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/video-game-addiction' rel="nofollow">(Read More....)</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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