Fallout had drug use and addiction long before Max Payne. That was back in 1997 or so. And there are probably examples that predate Fallout.
The game isn't intended for children and shouldn't be played by them. Let's hope people are intelligent enough to understand that.
I think the example above of the person playing games all day and failing to make the rent is a symptom of the problem, not the cause. You could easily replace games with books, TV, drugs or anything else and have it affect your life when taken to the extreme.
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