Now that I’ve recovered. I agree that everyone needs to take a step back from the game every once in a while to check and make sure you have real life in order. Everyone who plays the game has been guilty of neglecting something at least once.

Now, what do you think that kid is going to do for his 105 days of out of school suspension?

For adults, if they are choosing WoW over spouses or boy/girlfriends, or if you can’t do an activity with a group of friends because you have an instance, or if you say to your kid “I can’t play with you right now.” more often than not, then there’s a problem.

I personally feel a lot of responsibility towards guildmates. I’ve seen a couple that are logged in (and have been) for a long time before I log on and are logged in for a long time after I leave. I definitely get nosy and ask how long they’ve been playing and so on. I don’t think it’s out of line to say, “Look, man, you’ve been on for 8 hours today, why don’t you go take a break or take a nap?”

It’s definitely very situational, though and in the end it all comes down to your question I think: “What not do today?”

I think it’s the duty of the parents to know the games their kids are playing. Afterall, I highly doubt that 10 year old is going to the store to buy themselves violent games.