Posted on 08/24/2007 1:15:17 AM PDT by Schnucki
The majority of video games out there today are far from great – that’s why we get so excited whenever we find one that’s truly enjoyable.
But sometimes a game can be so much fun that we might start ignoring other things – important things like work, school and relationships. Though we’d like to think of this as a healthy love of games, some people might say we have an addiction. If that’s the case, then these are the games we’re most addicted to.
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The only video game I ever enjoyed was Tetris. What is Peggle?
Minesweeper
World of Warcraft I’d have to agree with, Halo another one. My personal favorites, Fable, an RPG game, and all sorts of RTS games like Stronghold, Stronghold 2, or Age of Empires series.
at 16! Yes that is well over doing it. Of course computers didn’t get fast enough to run the serious addictive games until I was close to 20. It started with World of Warcraft for me,
Peggle’s over here:
http://www.popcap.com/games/peggle
It’s a pachinko-like game where you shoot a ball and try to destroy a bunch of pegs. And I’d concur with the article; it’s quite addictive.
If he ever got on FR you could ask my boy Clarinet_King about World of Warcraft’s addictive qualities.
It cost him $6200 a year in scholarships, his opportunity for a college education, three or four jobs, and nearly landed him in jail on more than one occasion.
And yet, he continues to play the game.
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