World of Warcraft is as addictive as cocaine

[Platypus]

'World of Warcraft is as addictive as cocaine': report here

The computer game World of Warcraft is the most dangerous game on the market with a high risk of addiction, according to a new report from a Swedish youth organisation.

The Youth Care Foundation, which works to advocate active alternatives to gaming, described the game as "the cocaine of the computer games world".

The foundation's report is as yet unpublished and is based on the experiences of gamers and their parents who have been in contact with the group.

"There is not a single case of game addiction that we have worked with in which World of Warcraft has not played a part," according to Sven Rollenhagen at the foundation to the newspaper Metro.

[minestrone]

They must have a crap dealer.

[Board Game Geek]

Another stunningly biased report.

'World of Warcraft is as addictive to some people as cocaine':

[crimdon]

I prefer free to play MMORPGs just as Ogame or Battle Dawn

[Bagpuss]

What is World of Warcraft?

[Svalbaard]

I have no idea. Don't really give a toss either.

[Board Game Geek]

Seriously ?

Even if you don't play, and couldn't give a baboon's bottom, surely anybody in the IT industry must have heard of World of Warcraft ?

Even my gran has heard of it, and she's been dead for 20 years.

[Bagpuss]

I'm not really IT, so I don't do the computer games/ Iron Maiden t-shirt / latest gadget thing.

[Board Game Geek]

Fair enough Baggie.

However, since it's been mentioned several times in The Times, and various broadsheets, I thought a man of your calibre might have come across it.

[Bagpuss]

Ok I know it's a computer game, that's about it.