http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted_p2.html

Can't paste the whole thing here so I'll just leave the headers, definitely worth a read. It's great humor too, but this stuck painfully close to home. #5. Putting You in a Skinner Box

#4. Creating Virtual Food Pellets For You To Eat

#3. Making You Press the Lever

#2. Keeping You Pressing It... Forever

#1. Getting You To Call the Skinner Box Home

Edit: Make sure you scan some of the links they have, some are very interesting. Especially the one with the guy that gave up boobs from Kotaku.

Heroin It's pretty much WoW in a syringe.

Classic, I love that article its so true on many levels

Interesting makes lots of sense too. A bit scary but true

That article is actually pretty funny.

I think they should make jobs like video games though. I'm only 20 and work at In-n-Out burger and no matter how hard I work or how many cars I move out of the drive thru I don't get more money. I think Waiting is closest to a video game job. Harder you work the more tips you get etc.

i think i'm the only person who got bored of WoW after 2 days or so, then it was a dragfest because i didn't want to waste the 10 days trail for nothing.

They should make a laser shoot out of your crotch for every served customer, or 20.

Well the 10 day trial explains a lot of why you did not want to waste your time.

Severance is videogame addict in denial.  10 day free trial, theres nothing to waste.

I would imagine that people who felt that their gains are only temporary, with the 10 day trial, are far less enthralled.