The first of its kind, a fully operational clinic specially designed to help young teens and others kick the habit. No, no, not a drinking or drug problem, but rather a gaming addiction. Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants based in The Netherlands intend to open their first gaming addiction clinic next month in Europe.
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.
No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo
I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.
Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.
Modders have cooked up something pretty special – a Wii console which is small enough to fit on your keys. A wee Wii.
Another studio has held layoffs, this time its Humble Games letting go of its entire QA team according to social media posts.
They will rehire cheaper labor during the restructuring. The stupid thing is that they are struggling and the first thing they do is lower the quality.
Parents should be responsible for their own Teens. First this, then they are going to say how disturb your child is. After that the government will get into it and say how professionals did research and prove that violent games does cause children to kill people. It's stupid. We as individuals are responsible for ourselves and love ones. People shouldn't have to go to a clinic to stop playing video games. This is how I would do it. Billy, Get your ass of that system now!! Before I take a hammer to it. Trust me he will listen.
How easy would it be for you to quit playing video games? For me it would take professional help. If kids are glued to their consoles and not doing schoolwork, they might need help, plus their parents might work late or something. Just like drugs, alcohol, tobacco, porn, etc. people need help quitting bad habits, and if playing games is ruining your life, it is a bad habit. period.
I am glad someone cares, I might need them oneday. I will be sitting in a big circle,
"My name is Joe, and I am a gameaholic"
"Hi Joe"
The usual AA meeting greeting, lol.
I know it sounds silly, gameaholic, but really how constructive are video games? Right now they aren't but in the future we will have to learn things from them. Just like saying someone can be addicted to watching TV, thats not good unless they are watching Discovery channel or something, then they are actually learning.
I agree with you on how you will raise a family and I will raise mine the same way, but some peoples parents dont care about them (ssj) and they have no support.
Or it could be a way for some psychiatrist to make money being the first one to help gameaholics. Who knows how it will end up, I see a bunch of kids with rich parents sending them there because they bought their kids every console and every game and now they have no social skills. Just like if the parents allowed them to drink. For us its stupid, but for some it could be a lifesaver.
HI MY NAME IS "LK" AND I'M ADDICT TO HALO,
THANK YOU.
and also a big time gamer, but this is beyond words. gameaholic......... this is just playin stupid, there will be a day they will say games are like drugs or worse :S