There have been many horror stories lately, some true, some fiction about players of WOW . The stories have a wide range, a kid leaping from a building claiming to be reenacting a spell from WOW, parents not feeding their children for days due to their in-game needs, to a real life stabbing over a virtual theft. After playing the games online for a while, it is evident that some people will inevitably take the virtual world too seriously. It’s a game, meant for fun. There are plenty of casual players, but some take things too personally or too seriously. That’s when it begins to borderline on addiction, and becomes dangerous.