You could win gold in the Velvet Assassin ARG

The terms 'Self Control' and 'Moderation' come to mind. The games are only as addictive as your personality allows them to be.

@makishima: Have you ever played an ARG before? Since they occur in real life and real-time, they kind of DO require you to be in-game at all times. Actors are constantly calling or emailing or texting you.

And you just kind of ruined your own argument in the next sentence. If you have an addictive personality, you can't really "moderate" or practice self-control because it's your PERSONALITY, and that can't be changed. Don't get me started on personality disorders; I just took a midterm on them half an hour ago! XD

Yes I have played an ARG before and guess what? Don't answer the phone or check your email if you don't want to play. You knew what you signed up for when you started the game.

Yes I realize that an addictive personality is just that, a part of your personality but my point was that its not the games fault but your own personality disorder that causes the problem. My comments were really to the 'ARGs ruin lives like WarCrack' part of your original post. Just unsubscribe and stop playing. And if you do have a personality disorder that causes you to be addicted in such a severe manner, seek friggen help. Calling it 'Warcrack' and saying it ruins your life is like those people who said McDonalds made them fat.

P.S. I love college students who think they know everything simply because they took a class about it. No that isn't meant to be an attack at your second comment, merely an observation that you assumed you knew exactly what I was trying to say and attempted to use it against me.
And I hope you did well on your midterm.

Reading back over that last one of mine I realized that you may not have really been trying to 'blame' the games in your original post, but games get attacked so often for being the root of so many problems that its hard to read something like that and not think its an attack. My apologies if that wasn't how you intended your comment to come off.

@makishima: It's okay, it's easy to misinterpret stuff online, especially since there's no tone of voice. I wasn't attacking ARGs or WoW, though. :) I was actually meaning to show how I enjoyed playing an ARG so much and how immersive it is that I forgot to live my real life!

And, I don't have a personality disorder, but they were still fresh on my mind from the test. I don't like people who think they know everything either but I do feel I have learned a lot more about personality disorders from my course than the average person. :)

With that said, I DO hope this game turns out good.