Video game addiction

Since you like it so much, why not become a game tester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_tester. You'll have to go to school to learn more but why not turn your "addiction" into a career. You might even get hired by Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc. to create games for them. It's big business that will only get bigger as time goes on. Good luck and have fun doing it.

im addicted to video games like 40 hours per week on team fortress 2... but i do have a life outside games with friends and school and stuff, i have been animating and art and stuff

take some schooling and get into a video game tester..........Why not do something you love.....And remember you cant beat a addiction you don't want to beat

Do some sports or something

Thats not addiction. Most people play that much and act the same way. For the swearing part? Try a lower difficulty. ;)

Lets just say I am cumming in my pants in anticipation for diablo 3.

I all ways do man i was on like 4-6 hours today

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Learn to play the guitar and become a professional guitarist, then join a band, and then conquer the world with your music.

corse its not fucking normal, you need to get an xbox 360 with online, thats normal

I play games for hours too, but I like to finish everything before I start playing, because once I started to play, I can't really stop and concentrate on studying for exams.

get a hooker! I was like you when I was 13 now I'm an 18 year old loser with almost no friends but I fucking hate video games!

Before you cut it cold turkey... I'd try to play board games with people, like miniatures and such you would still be playing games, you can meet people. And it would take alot of your free time!

I'm 18, a Girl, very attractive, atleast i think so since, if i walk to get cigs i get hit on by almost everyguy..but anyways yeah i play GTA4, and CoD on xbox live for 12 hours...
its all good... but if youre fat and unhealthy then its a problem.

Eh... I play WoW with my boyfriend for long periods of time. But we both go out and do other things. Work/school/ect
Try getting up and going outside every once in a while? Or just get something that will get you up and moving around. Even if it's just something like DDR...

Try other common addictions less frowned upon like smoking,alchol and other recreational drugs.You will die 25 years earlier but you wont be a social outkast!:)

pretty normal. I used to get very mad sometimes at Call of Duty and Halo 3 when I would play online on 360, but when I stopped playing 360 due to it breaking and Microsoft being too cheap to cover it, I no longer feel the urge to sneak into my brother's room at 8:00 A.M. to play CoD anymore.

i think its normal....i play alot of ps3 too...every so often i get the urge to play nonstop...i think its either because you have alot of spare time...and have nothing better to do...i'v been playing so much ps3 the past couple of weeks...the same games over and over

you sound exactly like my other half, stays up half the night harldy ever sleeps, makes him moody, sometimes i think he likes his x-box, ps3 more than me!!! so your not the only bloke!!!

this is absolutsly normal, and trust me. that isnt obsession. i probly spend 25/7 on gaming and yes that is 25. yes i do have a job and social life as well.

a lot of kids play a lot of video games. even girls do now a days. but if its all you do all day every single day you should probably try to find something else to do if you really want to stop if it is effecting you school or work.. other wise just keep playing it's fairly normal

well
i play GTA4 live nonstop ha
sometimes 8 hours
omg i love it...
im lame.

shit, sorry, i meant 4-6 hours
(>.<)

You are a normal kid of this century. And just coz you get frustrated and start cursing, doesn't mean ur an addict. I do the SAME thing when a brute owns my ass with his gravity hammer.

Now 3-4 hours?
psshaw!
Thats what you call an addiction?

normal i got a mmorpg call city of heros and i playd it for 9 hour so i see how you can get addiction to them i had to uninstall it and put away because it was getting out of hand other then that i just play old mario games for like a hour a week and and new wii games for i lila bit aday

Oh you must mean word association. I kinda enjoyed that game. Hell I think I will make a comment on that story.

This place used to be so much fun when we had posters like JanIam,Nearly,Potato, Spamjavelin,ChrisUFC,
Slackjawedyokel,CabbyHubby, to name a few,these were some of the posters that made the site popular. I am not going anywhere any time soon, I may not post a lot, but I'll be around.

No offense but I don't know you well enough to give you my email address. You sound like a smart young man that could become an asset to a site like this rather than a trouble maker. Rock on dude!

I am the one that wrote that story because I was glad to see the site operating once again. When I started to realize all the changes that had been implemented, I started to regret writing the story. This is a great website that I personally have had a lot of fun on.

We have all known that there was a need for some moderation on here, but I know of several members who are being banned for no good reason like being to chatty and off topic. We have always been able to chat with each other about things as we are doing right now, but apparently the moderator expects us to stay "on topic" in regards to the original story.

If this is what the website is coming to I am going to opt out. I can definitely understand banning someone for racism and pedophilic comments and such but to "chatty" come on. The other thing is I always thought this was supposed to be an adult website but the problem with the minors has not been addressed. I realize that it would be practically impossible to keep them off here but more effort could be put forward.

believe it or not, they have opened rehabilitation centers in Europe for video game addictions. They are very real. Video games have been shown to release the same endorphins as cocaine. But any activity can be psychologically addictive. I would ask anyone on this post to name one that can't. (there is only 1)

4-6 hours is quite a lot, but not enough to be an addiction.

If you get angry at the game try playing a different game.. or having music on to help remind you IT'S NOT REAL.

LOL!! Nearly your back awesome! I hope your health is good and life is treating you good.

Yeah, I know what you mean there has been nothing done about the juvenile problem in here.

Be damn careful what you say spam got banned already and for no good reason in my opinion. Racist Pooltoy got banned too.

Well, your queen hasn't :) (Maybe I shud add for now to thet since I sent UDI a shittie email lmfao!) Well, he is such a twat. He stil says it is an adult site. He states it is back with new rules. YOU TRY AND FIND THE PHUCKING RULES!

AND HE IS PASSING ON POSTS TO THIS FORUM FROM PROFESSED JUVENILES SO HE IS ACTIVELY CONDONEING THE DELINQUENTS!!!!

Incidentally, it was spammy emailed me and told me it was up and running again!

I am fit and well and stil got a sharp tongue for the arsewipes who want to try to slag me off for being gay and/or HIV pos! Well, us old soldiers dont take to change do we hehe.

Hi Oro, how the hell have you been? I'm glad to see some of the older members coming back on. If you want my e-mail address get it from Larkin, I have been exchanging a few e-mails with him.

If you got the e-mail address of any of the old members let them no this place is online again. It seems our king has been banned from IIN and I am pretty pissed about it.

&& to the poster,

That isn't very norm. maybe an hour or two but no more...

~Oro~

giz, waz up man.... Haven't heard from u in a long, long time!!!!! Post me your email, in case of a corperate shut-down by Udi......

@ lotsofjunk

The way you write is similarly familiar to a guy on here I knew that went by the username Glen_Quegmire. The poor guy had a brain tumor and may have passed on by now, but for some reason I doubt it.

I think SlimFast is Slack myself.

Oh and I am sure Slack is very aware IIN is up and running again. I Think he is either Udi himself or is on the management staff of IIN. If you read his profile, he mentions "we might be back by July" well its July and the sight is back up and running. Go figure!

@lotsojunk

Have'nt heard from him for quite awhile (not that I care) Why do you ask?

Here's his profile. http://isitnormal.com/people/slackjawedyokel/. Maybe slack doesn't know that IIN is up and running again?

Getting more exercise would help so get Wii Fit at www.nintendo.com/wiifit/.

yeah out of the ones you mentioned Spam is probably the most popular than Stargirl,ChrisUFC,Slackjawedyokel,Potatoe,and JamIam.

I just bought my PS3 last year, and I really enjoy playing it. The only Games I have purchased for it so far are Call of Duty 3 and 4,Assassins Creed,Lair,and Rainbow Six Vegas. I like the Call of Duty games the best.

I do know how adictive these things can be so don't feel alone. I just don't play on a daily basis I play on the weekends only.

There is some weird shit going on around here that is all I can say!

Well you know with the words getting smaller and all that?

I sent your words to you, they should be in your inbox right now. Wonder what is going on?

lotsofjunk who are you talking to?

do something else

You need to find some other types of activities to take up more of your free time. I would suggest that you get involved in sports or something that involves physical activity. After all it beats sitting on the couch getting fat.