13-Oct-05. Hooked on online games. Calgary Herald, N2.

This article describes a Calgary man’s preoccupation with an online role-playing game called World of Warcraft. Garry Smith, a gambling research specialist at the Alberta Gaming Research Institute says that these online games are making their way into more homes in Calgary but that gambling sites are still more popular. He doesn’t believe that the growth in online virtual worlds has gotten to the problem stage yet but it can cause difficulties for some people if they start to neglect other important aspects of their life.