Jock turned shut-in because of RuneScape addiction

Another case of video game addiction hit a 15-year old boy from Perth, Australia. His dad, hiding behind the name Lee, testified to The Sunday Times how his son stopped coming to school because of RuneScape.

According to Lee, the young man went as far as spending 16 hours a day to play. At first, he would try the sneaky way around by pretending to go to school before getting back home after his mom leaves for work. Soon after, he did it blatantly and nothing could stop him.

Lee, who doesn’t know how to save his son, said:

He just wouldn’t come off it at night. He’d play until two or three o’clock in the morning. The best time for him to play it is after midnight, when all the people from America come on. If his mother tried to shut it off or whatever, he’d become violent.

He displayed the characteristics of a heroin addict. You haven’t got someone putting a needle in their arm and having a high, but you’ve got all the telltale collateral damage of a heroin addict – withdrawal from his family, withdrawal from his friends, lies to cover his addiction. He’ll do anything.

Before being indulged in the world of RuneScape, the kid was supposedly a sports junkie. His dad went as far as saying he could play any sport you name. The parents’ problem used to be trying to keep him at home, but now it’s how to get him out.

This gamer does admit that he is addicted, but claims that the game won’t let him get away. Psychologists and counselors are yet to find a way to cure him of this addiction.

Another case of video game addiction hit a 15-year old boy from Perth, Australia. His dad, hiding behind the name Lee, testified to The Sunday Times how his son stopped coming to school because of RuneScape.

According to Lee, the young man went as far as spending 16 hours a day to play. At first, he would try the sneaky way around by pretending to go to school before getting back home after his mom leaves for work. Soon after, he did it blatantly and nothing could stop him.

Lee, who doesn’t know how to save his son, said:

He just wouldn’t come off it at night. He’d play until two or three o’clock in the morning. The best time for him to play it is after midnight, when all the people from America come on. If his mother tried to shut it off or whatever, he’d become violent.

He displayed the characteristics of a heroin addict. You haven’t got someone putting a needle in their arm and having a high, but you’ve got all the telltale collateral damage of a heroin addict – withdrawal from his family, withdrawal from his friends, lies to cover his addiction. He’ll do anything.

Before being indulged in the world of RuneScape, the kid was supposedly a sports junkie. His dad went as far as saying he could play any sport you name. The parents’ problem used to be trying to keep him at home, but now it’s how to get him out.

This gamer does admit that he is addicted, but claims that the game won’t let him get away. Psychologists and counselors are yet to find a way to cure him of this addiction.