It’s not a cure, it’s a pill that gives you gambling addiction.
Scientific American writes about a treatment for Parkinson’s disease that seems to lead to gambling addiction in a number of the patients.
Apparently the patients were given a drug that mimics dopamine (often missing in Parkinson patients I guess), and a number of them became addicted to gambling.
The scientists report that the good news is that only a small number of patients exhibit the compulsive gambling side effect. In addition, it is reversible and thus poses no reason to avoid these therapies, they say. When the patients tapered off use of the troubling medications, the desire to gamble compulsively also disappeared. “I’d want patients to be very forthcoming with their doctors about their gambling,” says study co-author M. Leann Dodd. “If you recognize this association early, you can possibly prevent financial ruin or destruction of relationships.”
I think there’s a huge untapped market for game-related medications, I suggest:
1) A pill that makes me enjoy Metal Gear Solid 2.
2) A pill that makes be better at strategy games.
3) A pill that makes me stop playing WarioWare: Twisted.
Well knock me down with a feather! This logo just became relevant!
http://www.ludopathic.co.uk/bezzy/logo.gif
So Aubrey, what medication were you taking when you made the logo?
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I think Jesper Juul just dissed me. :(
No no no. Just joking!
To be fair, I work near Amsterdam, so it’s a harsh accusation, but, y’know. True.
Is there such thing as this? I don’t think a pill is necessary to make a player an addcit. Gambling is inherently addictive, thus making players instant patrons. Such thing will not hit because players just have to play more to be branded as addicts.