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There was an article in the paper recently about women who feel like widows because they're spouses have been sucked into the world of computer-gaming and stay online for 18 hours or more at a time. A smaller percentage of men also feel the same way when their wives get sucked into the games (the ratio
is about 70/30). This is idea is for there to be a computerized avatar specifically designed to watch for addictive behavior and confront the character online, reminding them that tasks in the outside world, like feeding their kids, need attention. If the gamer ignores the reminder then the psychiatrist could attach wires to their avatar and give it a little electroshock, disabling it for a couple of hours. I'm sure there are more amusing ways the psychiatrict avatar could bring the addict back to reality but I'll let someone else think them up.
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This is interesting. It brings up the controversy between personal responsibility and societal responsibility for endagered children. Perhaps it could somehow only be applied to people with kids, but how? |
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Slippery slope, though, you know. After that [jutta] will be forced to include a feature that disables an account after too many posts/annos per hour. Actually, come to think of it, that would be helpful in many ways... |
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"And how does being excluded from the raiding party make you feel?" |
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