TAIPEI TAIWAN A lot of people have hobbies but who spends eight hours a day on a hobby Meet Shi-tung Chuang He plays online computer games eight hours a day Shi-tung 19 is a college student at De Lin Institute He does well in school so his parents do not mind that he spends so much time on the computer Does he have time for friends Sure I do he says All my friends have the same hobby so we play together online Sometimes we even see each other in real life
Many online players spend too much time on their games says Stephen Kline of Simon Fraser University in Canada and this can lead to family fights Some players are addicted he adds
I'm not addicted says Shi-tung although it is a bit hard to stop It's crazy and so much fun to play I want to succeed I want to win
online on the Internet addicted not able to stop doing something bad
