I am making this as a result of an off comment in another post saying something along the lines of:

"Stop playing WOW (World of Warcraft). That game ruins lives"

Well, no offense to the poster, but that statement is ignorant. No game, TV show, movie, etc, can ruin a life. People ruin their own lives because they have no self-control.

If you lose your job because you were sleep deprived from playing WoW all night, that's your fault; not the game.

If you lose your car/house because you spent too much money on Star Trek memorabilia, that's your fault; not the TV show.

Seriously. People need to take responsibility more these days. There are a lot of people that like to justify themselves with bad reasoning and blame anything or anyone but themselves for their own mistakes.

I've been a gamer all my life. I've played WoW for 4 years and have suffered no financial or social damage from it because I have my priorities straight.

So what do you guys think?