Game kids. (International).Thanks to high-speed Internet See broadband. access, online gaming See gaming. is becoming an obsession for young people in South Korea. "Game players don't have normal social relationships anymore," warns Kim Hyun Soo, chairman of the Net Addiction Treatment Center. More than half of all the country's households have high-speed Internet connections, compared with fewer than 10 percent in the U.S., according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent study, and 80 percent of South Koreans under age 25 play online games. Many go to online video-game clubs, where they spend hours zapping bad guys, dodging flame-breathing monsters, or playing cards playing cards, parts of a set or deck, used in playing various games of chance or skill. The origin of playing cards is unknown, and almost as many theories exist as there are historians of the subject. against anonymous strangers. Critics say gaming Is creating millions of zombified addicts who are dropping out of school and traditional group activities, becoming uncommunicative and even violent because of the electronic games they play. The players seem too busy gaming to notice all the hubbub. |
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