Okay so since school started this year,  the only thing my friend has talked about is Borderlands. So when the 20th of October rolled around I knew that he was going to be bouncing off the walls during the hours of school before he could go out and pick up his pre-order copy. But to my suprise, he was not even at school on the 20th. That night I saw he was playing it on Xbox Live and was already level 20. He told me it was worth missing the day and kept going on about how Brick can punch the crap out of everything. Well as the week rolled on I noticed that even during class all he did was read his Borderlands guide by hiding it under textbooks. He gets really good grades but I feel like its becoming a big distraction. Should I have a conversation with him about it or do you think it would be better to let it run its course?

If he still gets good grades why does it matter?

He's fine, if hes still that bad a couple months from now or even one month from now that might be a little queer. However I've gone through many gaming obsessions and they just come and go.

" If he still gets good grades why does it matter? "

That's a little extreme. Even I wouldn't skip out on school just to play a video game.

" That's a little extreme. Even I wouldn't skip out on school just to play a video game. "

I thought he was just excited about a new game,  but when I read that he reads Borderlands guides hidden in his textbook, that seems a little extreme.

Skipping school for a game? Lame.

What are you, his mother? Let him be.

it's good to get excited about something every now and then

" What are you, his mother? Let him be. "

" @Strongba1 said:

" What are you, his mother? Let him be. "

Maybe it is his mother. "

" @DanielJW said:

" @Strongba1 said:

" What are you, his mother? Let him be. "

Maybe it is his mother. "

His mother goes to school with him?!?! :O "

The reading in textbooks is pretty weird. But I'd give it a while before you say anything.

I don't think moms recognize any games that don't start with "Super" and end in "Mario", so I doubt it's his mom. 

When I was in highschool I skipped class to play videogames among other other things. I don't think it's that big of a deal, I mean come on, it's high school.

" I don't think moms recognize any games that don't start with "Super" and end in "Mario", so I doubt it's his mom.  "

He will burn out eventually. I'm pretty addicted to it as well, but once he hits level 50, he will probably stop playing it for awhile.

Give him some time, he might cool off with all the Borderlands stuff soon enough. If he doesn't then maybe have a gentle talk with him.

tke him for a jog. happend to me with some games awhile back and my friends had to force me out the house i for got what other ppl looked like (massive exaggeration)

" Dude, that game is real good though.  I would say he doesn't have a problem, but he did buy a guide, and doing that makes you a bad person.  "

I skipped school the day Halo 2 came out... I was a stupid kid.

Give him a week or so and he'll probably be off of his Borderlands high. :)

INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION!!!  
 
You got to sit him down and point out all his faults. 
 
This is the key to a successful intervention. That and maybe some wine in a can.

" He's fine, if hes still that bad a couple months from now or even one month from now that might be a little queer. However I've gone through many gaming obsessions and they just come and go. "

What kind of person is this guy? Is he going to keep playing the game even when he has completed it?

" That's a little extreme. Even I wouldn't skip out on school just to play a video game. "

With kids like this, "running its course" doesn't work. I've seen (and known) kids who obsess over strategy guides for games and so forth for months at a time.

" INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTION!!!   You got to sit him down and point out all his faults.  This is the key to a successful intervention. That and maybe some wine in a can. "

" @CL60 said:

" @natetodamax said:

" That's a little extreme. Even I wouldn't skip out on school just to play a video game. "

Me neither. But to each their own I guess. "

my parents would kill before they would let me do that. "

He's just one of those obsessive people...soon he'll get something else to focus on.  He's like me times 1000.

" That's a little extreme. Even I wouldn't skip out on school just to play a video game. "

that dude will be done with that game in like a week.

 I would have a talk with this guy and try to restrict his playing to weekends and after school hours only. Missing school because of a game is really unnecessary and extreme in a bad way.

INTERVENTION!!!!!!

Borderlands, like any game will get boring after a while, just let him ride it out. Took me 2-3 all night game sessions with that game to get my fill, I hardly touched it this weekend.

Well I bailed on work to play Uncharted 2 lol (gotta use up those paid time off on something)
 
I have decided to wait on writing a paper, in order to play a few rounds of UC2 online or whatever. In the end I just wake up early the next day and write it before class. Still getting A's so yeah, its worked for me for the last 4 years of college heh.

Man, when I was a kid I used to bring my Link to the Past strategy guide to school and hum the Overworld theme to myself all day. Look at me now! I'm doing fine! 20 years old without a job and have lots of debt! I turned out normal enough.

" Man, when I was a kid I used to bring my Link to the Past strategy guide to school and hum the Overworld theme to myself all day. Look at me now! I'm doing fine! 20 years old without a job and have lots of debt! I turned out normal enough. "

" Just let it run his course. Back when I was in high school, I skipped the day that Halo 3 came out. I was young and dumb back then.  Don't worry too much it'll pass in a little bit. "