World of Warcraft Video Game Addiction Documentary

[g0tyupiimp]

who cares about people getting addicted to video games.. what about people that are addicted to drugs? cigarettes? i think that's more important.. then wasting your time making a documentary on that.. i rather have people be addicted to games then other things.

[waxcoatedbanjo]

where is the high quality button o.O

[tERtasdf]

yeah addicted to little big planet

[Shaggydog2010]

What's better , getting into drugs and having a criminal record or sitting down looking at a screen. Just think about it if u banned video games the crime rate would shoot up sky high and then ur genna wonder y.

[TheVGKid]

3 hours a day? 3 motherfucking hours a day? What a pussy lightweight.

[aquylez]

well Im 33 years old and Ive been playing it for 5 years now, every single day... at least 10-12 hrs a day. Now I even play it at work. Rly its an addiction but in some cases I found wow more interesting than the daily routines. Yes Im addicted to wow but it is way better than watch BS news on TV, or looking to have sex with any girl that passes by or looking to take drugs to escape from this "reality" we call life

[Nebelung13]

I think the uissue isnt games, but the society that makes people seek gaming as form of escaping the reality that fails to satisfy them. Parents that don't care for their kids and a school that treats them like cattle.

[demented669]

people get addicted to fighting eating fucking or anything you all know why ?

it's something in your brain !

your brain floods your body with DRUGS !! HO NO !!

this so called Documentary is a fucking joke on the ignorant

[marinhofrancisco]

I've beaten!

[marinhofrancisco]

@gorypk... I am quite sure that the song is from fable one. I beater the game for the second time and I remember mostly!

[GoryPk]

can u tell me the song name at the begining ?

[pufixas]

@GoryPk

I believe that its the music for the game "Bully" Try googling it :)

[Dalbert342]

LMAO....noob...3 hours a day....I do 12 hours everyday,at least....more when I don't have to work

[ckers4o1]

Lol notice Wrath of the Lich King login screen at 1:13 i knew theres gotta be WoW somewhere in this video!

[sandenus]

@ckers4o1 well it is called ''world of warcraft video game addiction''....feel like a blind fool yet?

[ckers4o1]

@sandenus lol but it doesnt really concer wow in this video..duh apparently.

Feel like retarded yet?

[sandenus]

@ckers4o1 Feel like retarded? you dumb shit lol

[ckers4o1]

@sandenus sense makesum. son.

[sandenus]

@ckers4o1 thats what you said dipshit....

[ckers4o1]

@sandenus lol you been trolled bro. Chill ;)

[waxcoatedbanjo]

this video did not solve anything

[alx1221]

@waxcoatedbanjo i dont think it was suppose to solve anything LOL...

[SoldierFrontJunky]

@waxcoatedbanjo its informative

[CamKORNHD]

Why is this trying to make games look bad? Games are fun and there is always a game somebody will enjoy. Some are too ignorant to try though

[Vroxitsa]

@CamKORNHD Its not meant to make games look bad, I still play video games myself, but if i didn't stop playing WoW when i did... then i wouldn't be at university thats for sure. The whole point is the addiction that is the problem. Not all people that play games are addicted but some are and its definitely having a negative affect on their lives when they do nothing else but play computer games.

[SlickSwiftProduction]

@Vroxitsa Wouldn't you say thought that if you had a personal addiction it would make the documentary bias? Not saying it isin't thoroughly researched, which it is, just that by taking a biased stance you kind of eliminate all credibly that the documentary could have brought. On another note, great cinematography for a first year undergrad.

[HyrdaRancher]

@Vroxitsa I think it's an alright documentary but the ending distorts the whole situation. Ending with World of Warcraft is misleading because of the heightened level of commitment. WoW, unlike almost any other game outside the genre, requires players to sync their out of game life with their in game life via raid schedules. Such a phenomenon is absent from other genres. Surely WoW, your main basis for this claim, shouldn't be used as the poster child for ALL video game addiction.

[sSanctum]

@CamKORNHD  Thank you!

[necrid86]

@JIPPIX94 I hear you, I remember playing at least 6 hours on KOTOR 1 at some point. I think it was from Taris to Dantooine I don't remember. KOTOR 1 had the best game twist that I've played so far (DON'T WIKI) :D

[necrid86]

Unlike the games I grew up playing in the 90's (Super Mario All Stars, Sonic 2, Starfox 64, and Goldeneye) where you play as two players on a couch enjoying a good time together, the game World of Warcraft is instantly one of those games that takes players out of their social life to the point they don't even want to play with real people. My friend has become completely stuck to WOW, canceling social outings so he can go on "raids" when he has already beaten the game. I fear it's like Gamer now

[ownerloll]

wii or playstation wtf no xbox?

[pascalmonnier]

@ownerloll are you seriously that stupid ??!! it isn't about playstation better or worse than xbox you stupid fuck head full of shit. it is about the losers like you who play it continuously and have no life

[milke29]

i dont know how you gett addicted to wow ive played it twice even my freind who plays who now plays runescape got bored of it its just to long and boring to get that addicet to it

[kunit101777]

i dont know about you but i play CS:Source competetively for money and for high caliber play. I do not play for fun

[necrid86]

@kunit101777 that is sad

[cha05kn1ght]

lol all this sensationalism against videogames is getting rediculas. These documentaries are pure lulz.

[mrxsive]

excellent production values. nice work :)

[Kampex]

LOL i thought i might be addicted so i stopped going on the computer at all for 1 month....guess im not, but i still pwn in COD4 :D

[gazojka]

i really like it. keep up the good work

[darkmyro]

i play video games for a good amount of hours but i dont really consider it an addiction cause i can juggle my life,social life, and school with the game(a lvl 80 gnome mage(wow) and xbox and a wii i can usally juggle my life and play time)

[dmaverick]

@darkmyro

Try to STOP PLAYING for 1 month... if you can do it, you are not addict

[SoulReaverForever]

more like the lenght and imersery the game has. If it's to short but imersing it's not adictive.

[JesusWasADerelict]

I like it how people label video game addiction as bad considering it is a part of our technological advancement and is no different than spending your time writing or reading fictional novels. To dedicate your time to one thing for hours on end is difficult as our global attention span is shortening.

That said, if all you do is play video games day in and day out and not spend your time constructively each day.. then the downside is oppurtunity lost to do more creative things and socialise..

[mesafalcon88]

can't finish this video, waste of gametime.

Been playing video games since the Legend of Zelda came out, why would I stop? To play sports and watch a ball go back and forth. Nah.

peace

[Cambopryde]

the longest i played was 6 hours and that was only once years ago

[hexplore14]

the song in the begining is from fable love that game

[kmartkid123]

try GTA...

[darkdevied]

I always found games just another way to tell a story. like RPG games. or some First person shooters like halo. there is addiction. but for me. its just small hobby I've had since my childhood. (I'm only 14) :P

[tender121995]

lollll

[Lokvarlem]

Nice documentary, the guy that talked about escapism basically nailed it entirely. I used to be a WoWfag, life is much better now i've quit.

Only critisicism would be to show the benefits a game addict has not just the negatives, all be them small benefits, but they do crossover to real life skills.

[alexhaas]

lol lucky me I dont like WoW ^^!

[deathxe5]

wow is life.

[OjoRojo40]

Nice documentary, kind of traditional but pretty polished

[alexhaas]

its not how long you can play, its how long you 'CANT' play. the longer you cant play the less addict you are =)

[cballx26]

agreed

[finalfantasyfan1206]

Brilliant documentary piece :) love the ending bit :D