I'm a pretty old school gamer, I'd much rather play against the computer than other people online. It was one thing when my friends would come over and we'd play something like mario kart for hours. But I dated a woman who's son was into Call of Duty big time, I mean the kid was awesome, at 14 he was one of the best on their rankings system or whatever. But that's all the kid wanted to do and because she let him that was all he did. I remember he had one of his call of duty friends come over and he was this huge 14 year old that couldn't even catch a football. It was one of the saddest things I have seen in a long time. I have nothing against getting into a game and using it for a release from the real world. I think we all need that whether it's in a book or a game, we have to find a way for our minds to escape reality for a while in order to deal with all the craziness out there. It's just when people let the game become their reality that it becomes a problem. They still need to get off their ass from time to time and go be a part of the physical world for a while. Interact with people in ways other than them being some person you can kill at a re-spawn point you know? There has to be a balance where the game is an escape true, but not a permanent escape from reality. I know not every gamer is like that, guess it really depends on the parents to not only let them have that release, but to make sure they have a real life in which they need a release from first. Otherwise they are just replacing reality with a fake world, instead of improving a real life with a bit of fantasy that lets them release their stress and in turn be more productive in that life. All things in moderation is the point I am trying to make I suppose ;)