Comments on: Parental Controls and Government Regulation: What Helps and What Doesn’t. http://neilsclark.com/archives/53 games, addiction and other serious business Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:22:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Neils Clark http://neilsclark.com/archives/53/comment-page-1#comment-22 Neils Clark Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:03:02 +0000 http://neilsclark.com/?p=53#comment-22 Parental controls are definitely not just for parents. I would have given my girlfriend my parental controls already, were it not for her maniacal laughter at the mere thought of controlling when I can and can't play... But I use them on myself sometimes, so that it's just hard enough to "check my auctions" - when I should be working - that I stay on track with my work, and don't get sidetracked by this, then that in WoW. Parental controls are definitely not just for parents.

I would have given my girlfriend my parental controls already, were it not for her maniacal laughter at the mere thought of controlling when I can and can’t play… But I use them on myself sometimes, so that it’s just hard enough to “check my auctions” - when I should be working - that I stay on track with my work, and don’t get sidetracked by this, then that in WoW.

]]> By: Sonny Gomez http://neilsclark.com/archives/53/comment-page-1#comment-21 Sonny Gomez Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:41:05 +0000 http://neilsclark.com/?p=53#comment-21 Parental controls is an awesome feature to the WOW game. I'm not sure if all mmo's/other genre's have this feature but they should if they don't have it. I am a college student and I find myself using this just so I won't get caught up in playing the game during the semester. I've asked my gf to actually go into my account and set up a gaming schedule for me. Yah, its kind of lame, but after a year of playing, I find myself a little addicted to the game. I can stop when I need to, but I'm worried I will end up logging on at times I shouldn't. With parental controls, I can't really log on. And since this is the only game I play (thank god), I'm pretty much forced to do the studying I need for this semester if I can't log on. _Sonny (seral) Parental controls is an awesome feature to the WOW game. I’m not sure if all mmo’s/other genre’s have this feature but they should if they don’t have it. I am a college student and I find myself using this just so I won’t get caught up in playing the game during the semester. I’ve asked my gf to actually go into my account and set up a gaming schedule for me. Yah, its kind of lame, but after a year of playing, I find myself a little addicted to the game. I can stop when I need to, but I’m worried I will end up logging on at times I shouldn’t. With parental controls, I can’t really log on. And since this is the only game I play (thank god), I’m pretty much forced to do the studying I need for this semester if I can’t log on.

_Sonny (seral)

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