Ok, So Maybe They're Not Good for Everybody...

Over the last few weeks, we've posted numerous articles espousing the virtues of gaming, but this article from Chips, the student newspaper of
Luther College (wherever the heck that is),
delves into the realms of video game addiction, and points the finger at online games, and WoW in particular, as the reason some college students aren't making the grade.

Now, I'm sure video game addiction is a very real thing, albeit a rare occurrence, and I'm sure that many a kid has flunked out of college while whittling his time away playing games instead of studying...but I'm just not sure how much the games are to blame. I'm pretty sure that if the game wasn't around, they would just find some other hobby to use as an excuse. After all, people have been flunking out of school for a lot longer than Warcraft has been around...