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"People who spend an excessive amount of time playing games are powerless to stop themselves"

-Olivia Metcalf, researcher at the Australian National University, whose PHD research demonstrated that some gamers literally cannot stop thinking about games, even if they try to.

Joseph Bernstein

03 Dec 2012
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-Olivia Metcalf, researcher at the Australian National University, whose PHD research demonstrated that some gamers literally cannot stop thinking about games, even if they try to.

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