News: Psychological effect of modern games

The Washington Post has taken a look at young people who get addicted to videogames. The article is a watered-down scare piece, weak on facts and drawing some questionable parallels with drug addiction, but makes an interesting suggestion about why videogames can come to dominate the lives of some teenagers: The "God effect," in which the realistic, engaging environments of first person shooters or massive multiplayer online games place otherwise powerless individuals (i.e., a typical teen) at the center of the universe.