Came across this one yesterday: http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/seven-ways-to-win-back-your-gaming-spouse/1194632

It was, to me, only mildly interesting ... catching my attention with the last suggestion of "if you can't beat em, join em" only because I met more than a few ppl in my SL tenure who had spouses also in the game. In fact, I knew one such person whose RL wife would sit directly behind him and play on a different computer while he sat there playing on his. Their avs even associated somewhat inworld and had some weird triangles going on. More on that laters.

Of course, the all mighty Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction

Ending Gaming Addiction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction

CNETs take: http://www.news.com/2100-1040-881673.html

On SL Addiction, by SL Insider: http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/10/13/sl-addiction-do-you-have-a-problem/

to all the haterz ....

Don't Hate:

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