I do agree the game can be addicting but id rather be addicted to a game than drugs or gambling. I am sure addiction to online games will grow as they get better and more involved. I wonder what will happen when project entropia is released and people start losing real money, they will be jumping out of windows.

This scares the crud outa me. Back in the early 80's there was a report in the news about some kid killing himself over D&D. Within a week or two there was nowhere in the area for us to buy any D&D modules or anything relating to it.(The report turned out to be a false rumor started over that stupid Tom Hanks movie Monsters and Mazes. Worst thing to happen to role players in the 80's)I asked a lady at the local bookstore why all the D&D stuff was gone. She said someone killed themselves over it, and that they would no longer carry it. I replied that i heard someone killed themselves over a math class once , but i didn't see any math books being carted out of the school.People that played roleplaying games (in my area at last) were considered wierd (possibly satan worshipers). It wasn't untill the 90's that D&D items could be bought around here.
So when i read something like this it scares the crude outa me. People always want to blame things the don't understand for percieved tragedy's in life. From the 30's it was pinball machines, to the 50's when they blamed comic books, to the 80's when it was D&D. It's always easier to blame THAT THING you don't understand, instead of looking at the person themselves.It sounds as if this poor kid had multiple proplems other then EQ. The mother obviously wants a easy answer, but sometimes there just isn't any. My personal view I HOPE SONY stands strong against this.But lordy i can see the pitch forks and torches from the aroused villagers rounding the corner now.
I fear a new witchhunt coming.

I read through the news of this lawsuit that was announced. Simply put, watch out! The next time you fart in public you'll be hit with a lawsuit!