World of Warcraft is “Crack,” Swedish Group Says

It’s hard to argue that World of Warcraft isn’t addictive, sometimes dangerously so. Last month, a 15-year-old Swedish boy started convulsing after a 24-hour play session, and the game has previously led to death. So now we have Sweden’s Youth Care Foundation saying World of Warcraft is “the crack cocaine of the computer gaming world. Some people can’t drag themselves away and will play it till they drop.” Gamers have been making this comparison for years, but jokingly, because the metaphor doesn’t quite match. Most people enjoy the game responsibly, so maybe we need a different drug to better make a comparison. Alcohol? Marijuana? How about just regular cocaine? What’s this, the group says World of Warcraft is “more addictive than cocaine?” Nevermind, then. [The Sun via CrunchGear]