Kids addicted to online gaming? Shut of the DSL. I know it means mom and dad won't have high speed internet anymore, but mom and dad don't get to fuck in the kitchen anymore either - it's one of the funny things about having kids around.

And why do little kids always have money now? Whether it's a 10 year old with a bag of chips and a soda, or a rich kid with money for $60 video games - I don't get it. Is it normal for parents to give really young kids allowances now? I don't think I had cash in my pocket until I was 15 or so, when I started working. Blah blah blah I'm old!

Best Counter-Strike/Diablo/WarCraft 3 experiences were when playing online with friends that were sitting in the same room or just with each other over LAN. WAAAY better than sitting alone at home and playing on the internet.

It helped that most of us couldn't get DSL at the time (in high school), so each summer we would drop off our computers at another friend's house that was in town and had DSL.

The best part was sneaking into his house late at night when his parents were asleep (basement window!)... and then sneaking back out before they woke up.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? HOW CAN ONE BE CONSIDERED AN ADULT IF THEY LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS IN A NON LONG TERM CARE CAPACITY?!!?

2. WHO LETS KIDS BUY VIDEO GAMES? THOSE ARE FOR ADULTS WITH TIME ON THEIR HANDS!

Still, you can easily shut off internet in that case (if grades are failing, hell they get to live for free)

Or you can have the internet be password protected.

But still, if you aren't going to college, GROW UP AND MOVE OUT YOU LAZY ASSHOLE.

(Seriously, if we can put together a Slog fantasy football league, surely we can do a levelling run in DII.)

OM, what kind of child wants to stay at home for college? College presents the unique opportunity to go off somewhere distant and be crazy and wild outside the reach of your parents.

@yer mom: I don't but I know plenty of parents (sucessful and otherwise). The good ones would shut the internet off and normally don't give their kids carte blanche access to money.

In case you haven't noticed, rents are going up, price of food is up, summer jobs for 18-22 yo is down ... count your blessings if you can stay at home and attend uni.

But get the FRICK out of the house when you can. I don't recall spending much time at home while at University - most was on campus, parties, skiing, "experimenting" with all the other student newspaper journalists.

the gaming noises annoy me as much as my rock n roll annoyed my parents. turn that fucking shit down.

I suppose when theres only one legit public university in your state and the majority of the population lives in close proximity to it you wind up having commuter kids go there. On the other hand what do you know about the college experience other than ogling would pageant contestants at your job?

My son isn't obsessed with the games, isn't overweight, and isn't into mayhem and violence in the "real" world. If one of those things starts to change I'll re-evaluate his video game playing. But, I'm an active parent and I pay attention to my kid so I'm thinking he'll continue to be able to balance video games with other activities.

I play on servers hosted by Team Interrobang, who have lots of moderators that don't put up with racist or hateful language, or really anyone who takes themselves too damn seriously.

Finding good game servers like finding a good church, park, date, or friend.