1. People know you by your Screen Name and not your real one .

2. You ask your doctor how many lives you have left .

3. When your girlfriend /wife says "its either me or the videogame" and you say "We`ll talk about it after this level / map"

4. You are part of a gaming community.

5. You have never been on a sports team ,yet you are a master at Footbal ,Baseball ,Hockey and Golf.

6. You have skipped many meals to get to the next level.

7. The only letters you know ,on a keyboard ,that work are W,S,A,D and sometimes SPACE .

8. none of your friends get confused.

9. You say LOL instead of really laughing .

10. You name your kids after Mario and Sonic.

11. You played so much time playing Guitar Hero ,you have have taught yourself how to play a real guitar ,and now you have started your own band.

12. You camp out at the store the night before any new games come out.

13. You can be a HERO instead of a losser.

14. The sun raising ,is your cue thats its really time to go to bed .

15. You have more stories about videogames then you own life.



There are more to list ,but as I`m writing this list ,I`m checking the ones of that apply to me ,and its quite scarry.

all but 3 5 9 10 12

lmao Dean, I bet more applied to you and Matt than you'll ever admit..haha

You have no idea..............

HAHAHA, alot of those apply to most of us, or else we would'nt be here. Right? Great post Dean.

Hilarious! That's pretty good. Totally agree Abuse.

I found the CAGE assessment designed to help people determine if they have a drinking problem to be quite interesting when applied to gaming:

C = have you ever tried to cut back on your gaming?

A = do you get annoyed when others question you about your gaming?

G = do you ever feel guilty about the amount of your gaming?

E = do you ever need an eye opener to get you started for the day?

If the answer to two or more of these questions is "Yes," then you may have a problem with gaming...

GA IT IS

uh..ohhhh....what happens if you answer yes to all 4. ..i did have to cut back on my gaming actually, i get up for work at 5:00am and i "try" not to game Mon-thursday nights after work. The guys at work bug me about being a gamer..and it does tend to get on my nerves..feel guilty?? a bit..i guess i could be out doing something else but for the 39.95 investment i made into my cod and Uo disks i have hundreds of hours of entertainment and met a lot of amazing people from all over the world...and regarding the eye opener..same reason as #1..i get up at 5:00am for work and it kills me if i am not in my bed by 9:30 pm and lights out by ten. i work 12 hour days 5 days a week during busy season..