Jive magazine a publié un article intitulé : But in the end, they’re still nothing more than video games. L’auteur raconte son experience dans les jeux video en ligne. Il se demandait comment des gens pouvaient devenir aussi accro qu’Iggy (voir extrait ci-dessous) à un simple jeu vidéo : il l’a découvert et est lui-même devenu accro à Anarchy Online. Extrait (rencontre avec un joueur d’Everquest dans une soirée) :
Three years ago at a nightclub I bumped into an old friend of mine who went by the nickname « Iggy ». I was really amazed to see him because no one had seen nor heard from Iggy in over a year. Many of his friends had all wondered what happened to him.
– « Jesus Iggy, where in the hell have you been?! »
– « Everquest, » was all he said. He looked down at his feet when he said it.
– « Huh? » I had no clue what he meant.
– « I’ve been playing Everquest. »As we spoke, Iggy opened up to me and confessed that he had lost his job, his friends and didn’t want to go out much anymore.
– « It’s an addiction. I’m only out tonight because the server is down for patching and I’m miserable. »
For some reason, he couldn’t look me in the eye while he was talking. He was obviously embarrassed.
L’article est un peu long et surtout pas très drôle.
