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Britain gets first games rehab clinic

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Britain now has a games rehab clinic. The Telegraph has the story. Apparently, "Suffers [sic] spend days at a time glued to their computer screens - going without food, sleep, or any social interaction."

Broadway Lodge is a residential unit in Weston-super-Mare, and treats around 400 addicts a year for a range of issues including, drink, drugs, gambling... and computer gaming addiction.

Hit the link for some vaguely-veiled fascistic scaremongering.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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