[floppydisk]

There comes a certian point in a game's life where you stop having fun with it, and start to become obsessed with it. I know I nearly had to find a 12-step recovery program for Roller Coaster Tycoon. I would wake up at 6:00 and get ready for school. By 6:20 I was on the game and would play for an hour and a half before I went up to my bus stop. When I got home I would play it for hours at a time. I finally broke the habit (actually, the game just started to fade from my intrest) and quit playing. I could finally get back to a normal life, with sleeping til 8 and doing something else than RCT. God, I was such a RCT junkie. I am seriously trying to avoid buying RCT3, and I'm feeling a bit successful, even though I have to constantly play other computer games to avoid installing it.

Really there are two kinds of addictions now that I think about it. There's the kind where it's so fun you can't put it down, then there's the kind that becomes an obsession. My RCT addiction was the former, while many MMORPGs become the latter, from what I understand.

[SimeSublime]

I try to keep away from games like that. Hence I haven't signed up for a MMORPG, or bought Sims 2. Same reason that I don't go to casino's. Thats just asking for trouble.

[Kirby]

I’ve always been prone to addiction. It’s always been a special kind where I play the hell out of a game religiously for about 2 to 3 weeks then forget about it entirely. A while back it was Pokemon, then it was Neopets (tell anyone and I will stab you man ) now I’m sucked into Puzzle Pirates.

It’s strange how I have always been lured into cute (although when you think about it more fucked up then cute) games when in reality I am the tough, swearing, sarcastic guy in my group of friends.

With addiction comes shame, deep deep shame.

[Slade]

I have no addictions or obsessions. I just play games for lack of motivation to do anything better (or because it's fun). I'm proud to have spent an entire month at level 33 on World of Warcraft while the other people I was playing with at the time went up 10 levels.

The Sims 2 is fun as hell, and I still don't quite understand why.

[floppydisk]

Oh yes, the Sims is fun... I think Satan had something to do with the development of that game...

[kdogg]

I've tried to steer clear of certain games cuz I know I'll just spend all of my time playing. Well, my girlfriend just bought me The Sims 2 for my birthday so there goes that plan.

[Cyzyk]

I've played every MMO on the market, and have developed such a contempt for them that I'm not addicted to them. The fact that I've played several for profit doesn't help either.

Admittedly, City of Heroes is eating up a nice bit of my time...

[floppydisk]

I stay away from MMOs simply because of the monthly fee. When Guild Wars comes out I might give it a whirl.