Many moons ago my son who at the time was a young pup playing Doom on a 486 dx (hottest thing out there at the time) continually hassled me to try the game.  I was like.. Pffft! You have to be kidding me! Blood - guts - ewww! Noooooo thanks ... I was more into Atari and playing Space Invaders (remember that???)  But one day at a weak moment he got me to sit down and play. *sigh* ---> 8 hours later... *cough* I was completely hooked (dishes? yard work? cleaning?... huh??).  As if I needed something else to take up my time that I was already trying to find more of :). I have heard this similar story from other people. What is it about the gaming aspect that draws people to it as if it’s some addiction?  Can one really become “Addicted” to gaming? I guess if you were going to become addicted to something - gaming isn’t all that bad.

As the years went on I became involved in ONLINE gaming.  My first online experience was with Half-Life.  What a blast that was. Gaming with people from other Countries and States was an amazing aspect to me. One of the servers that I began to frequent was ran by a person named {NYC}Samson. We became quick friends for a few years and I looked forward to the time our group would play.  In that group was a player by the name of Rampage.