I am fu**ing scared...

**Belaslav** · 03-12-2010, 05:10 AM

This is really creepy. THIS IS REALLY FU**ING creepy. World of Warcraft, EverQuest... even Fiesta. It's all there.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18461...-addicted.html

**Hraesvelg** · 03-12-2010, 05:27 AM

You never realized this? I think someone even mentioned the benefits of incremental rewards when we were all starting on ESO.

**Ivramire** · 03-12-2010, 07:36 AM

Bookmarked as one of the better written Cracked articles.

Destrus · 03-12-2010, 07:49 AM

did you notice how they even brought up themselves in that xD?

**Belaslav** · 03-12-2010, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Hraesvelg

You never realized this? I think someone even mentioned the benefits of incremental rewards when we were all starting on ESO.

Well, I obviously knew about video game addiction, but I never thought that people working there would actually sit down and go: "Hmm, now how do we make the game more addicting?" They even got scientific research done there.

Elrohier · 03-12-2010, 02:08 PM

**Yosei** · 03-12-2010, 06:58 PM

Well... its not so much they want you addicted. But they want you drawn in and driven to keep playing so they can keep making money.

I think people who start to consider it just as worthy as real-life accomplishments are those who do lack great responsibilities and goals in real-life, such as kids, teens, and 20somethings, and thus are the ones most prone to the "addiction". I wouldn't even call it an addiction..

In my WoW guild, we got a lot of different players. I noticed the most mellow members are the ones that have families, wives, kids, etc. While the ones who get all riled up and actually take the game seriously are the teens and college student aged members.

**Triumph** · 03-12-2010, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Yosei

While the ones who get all riled up and actually take the game seriously are the teens and college student aged members.

You just reminded me of Super Smash Bros. Brawl free-for-alls on my floor. Lots of yelling, lots of cursing. It's scary how much yelling goes on at 2 AM in the morning sometimes.

We're pathetic, I know.