The Addiction of MMORPGs

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Written by BuckGB on June 25th, 2004

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Damon who?"

"Watson. He's an attorney who represents game companies. He works for Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in Columbia, SC. He actually held a roundtable discussion on MMOG addiction and the risks the industry faces a few months ago at the Game Developer's Conference."

"Yeah, but he's a lawyer. He's paid to worry about this stuff. What do the game developers think? Did you bother asking them?"

"A lot were at that roundtable, in fact. I've talked with a few of them since then, but they asked to remain anonymous so their companies legal departments didn't come down on them like a ton of bricks. To answer your question, though, they recognized that it's a flashpoint issue. Any time you mix the words 'kids' and 'addiction' you've got a potential problem."

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