Ok so I can't claim to have played MM...

Ok so I can't claim to have played MMORPG's so I can't speak from experience on the subject on wither or not it can be an addiction and bad for you. There are a few people that i know that I would consider to be addicted to their games, because when you are talking to and they are going on about what they are going to do or have done in the game as actual events then you know there is a problem. On the flip side of that just because you enjoy something and do it all the time it doesn't have to be bad. I read all the time and it could be hours a day no one is going to go up to me and say " Hey, you, stop all that reading it is bad for you!", but again because it is a video game is that the reason why people think its so bad? I get the whole it's bad for your health if you stay up all night and forget to eat, and personal hygiene goes out the window, but for some playing this game is like a social network. So it wouldn't be to much different to someone who is constantly checking their face book or myspace, and yes even twitter.