[QUOTE=Tom's Hardware]It's safe to say I went a bit nuts during the launch of StarCraft II. Though grown-up responsibilities kept me from playing all day long, I did queue for upwards of two hours to get it at midnight and there were definitely times when I passed up the chance to leave the house or eat lunch because I was too engrossed. "Gimme a sec, I'm kinda low on Vespene gas," was my default response to any questions or comments thrown my way. However, it seems my 'problem' is not as bad as bemused friends and family would think. After all, I don't need anti-depressants to stop the cravings, do I?
According to research carried out in Korea, Bupropion, a popular anti-depressant sold under a variety of different names, has the ability to decrease cravings for Internet game play as well as the brain activity triggered by video game cues. Gamepron reports that a team of Korean scientists decided to test this theory on a group of StarCraft-addicted gamers and found that those who took a short course of the drug seemed to improve significantly.
The team rounded up 11 gamers who all admitted to playing SC for at least four hours per day, or 30 hours per week. Though it doesn't sound like much, Gamepron reports that more than half of these gamers had been absent from school for two months, and two of them had been through divorces as a direct result of their affinity for StarCraft. Also in the test group were eight more StarCraft fans that claimed to play SC for about an hour a day, three days per week.
Scientists recorded the gamers' brain activity at the start of the test using an MRI machine and a bunch of StarCraft cues. Results revealed that those with heavy addictions showed higher left-hemisphere brain activity when shown the cues.
The addicted gamers were then put on a six-week course of slow-release bupropion to try and combat their addiction. Once the course of treatment had been completed, they were retested with the MRI machine and game cues. Gamepron reports that though they still showed levels of left-hemisphere brain activity higher than the casual gaming group, the left-hemisphere brain activity was lower than at the beginning of the study. The gamers also reported experiencing fewer cravings, played for fewer hours and a reported a decrease in their Internet Addiction Scale scores.[/QUOTE]
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I'm wondering if this is real or North Korea is just creating hype about fake wonder drugs. Either way, I think there's better ways to get off of a game than medicine.
Sorry for the repost. I looked about 5 pages back and didn't see it. Also, I figured it wouldn't be North Korea that created it, but I still wouldn't be surprised seeing as how North Korea "creates" some bullshit every once in a while to make their shithole of a country look better.
Already posted. Also I'm pretty sure North Korea doesn't have Starcraft addictions, South Korea does, so I don't think North Korea did it like you said.
Already?
If you need a cure for an addiction to a video game then you have some serious issues.
No, I'm pretty sure North Korea plays the "All hail our glorious leader" game.
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I'm wondering if this is real or North Korea is just creating hype about fake wonder drugs.[/QUOTE]
I think it's south Korea. They don't even have video games in NK, doubt they have anti-depressants either, or not much at least.
Only a few computers in North Korea have internet.
[QUOTE=Leintharien;24357321]No, I'm pretty sure North Korea plays the "All hail our glorious leader" game.[/QUOTE]
I remember that. It's about how North Korea invades the Earth using flying traffic girls.
It still amazes me on how much people in the world doesn't know the differences between North and South Korea
i saw something about this earlier this week and it may cure sc 2 addiction buuuuut it has so many side effects
This is so sad beyond words.
A lot of drugs can cut your addiction to any game, but then you'll be addicted to the drugs.
I'd rather be addicted to a game, being addicted to a game isn't even a bad thing, unless you do nothing but play the game I guess.
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