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Online gaming is very entertaining, but is online gaming a safe way to have fun or are we just getting to lazy to play the normal games? The world is ever changing with the internet coming into effect more and more in our daily life’s. From just ten years ago to now the internet has changed the lives of most Americans. The internet serves as a vast array of services. Using the internet you can communicate faster, find ways to travel across the word without even getting out of your seat, or even download movies or songs. For many people it serves as a world of fun and games. What I am talking about is online gaming; the internet has thousands upon thousands of web sites waiting at our finger tips to come and try out. Who cares about playing games online right? According to (www3.chass.ncsu.edu/PA540/bsuasu/dangers.shtml) there are many downfalls to online gaming. They talk about hackers being able to access your computer easier while you are playing a game. Another thing is viruses, everyone knows that all computers get viruses, but the computers used for playing online games are proven to have more harmful viruses then that of any other computer. These downfalls are just minor compared to what I think is the worst one “addiction”. When talking about addiction it becomes relevant that gamers become addicted to the games such as Everquest. Computer game fanatics say they are hooked on a hobby that is affecting their social lives, scientists say. Some evidence exists that games stimulate the same areas in the brain as alcohol and other drugs, psychologists, sociologists and others were told at the world's first interdisciplinary games conference here. But unlike the addictive substances, there is no medicine to deal with compulsive gaming behavior (xtramsn.co.nz/technology/0,,7003-2802902,00.html). When im talking addiction im not talking about sitting down in front of the computer for 2 hours per day having a good time to relax. I have been there and witnessed addiction to computer games so I do know what it is like. I personally know people who will sit in front of their computers hours upon hours just to prove to their buddies who is number one. My sweet mates in the dorm rooms last year for instance got into a lot of trouble with their grades because of this so called addiction.