{"id":84721,"date":"2015-12-21T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=84721"},"modified":"2015-12-21T11:06:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T09:06:33","slug":"gamer-sues-bethesda-for-not-warning-him-fallout-4-was-so-addictive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/84721-gamer-sues-bethesda-for-not-warning-him-fallout-4-was-so-addictive","title":{"rendered":"Gamer sues Bethesda for not warning him Fallout 4 was so addictive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video games are addictive, there&#8217;s a shocker.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re all well aware that video games can be an immensely addictive hobby, goading or otherwise beguiling us into sinking as much of our time as we&#8217;re able into them<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, as something we&#8217;re passionate about, a good deal of us are more than willing to do so. That&#8217;s not the case for one Siberian gamer, however.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fallout-4-Baby-Killer-Vault-Boy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84723\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84723\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fallout-4-Baby-Killer-Vault-Boy.png\" alt=\"Fallout 4 - Baby Killer Vault Boy\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fallout-4-Baby-Killer-Vault-Boy.png 2160w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fallout-4-Baby-Killer-Vault-Boy-768x679.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Fallout 4<\/em> is perhaps one of the most addictive games of the year, hardly surprising considering it&#8217;s a Bethesda game, but no one told this gamer.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/326272-gamer-russia-lawsuit-fallout4\/\" target=\"_blank\">RT News<\/a>, a man from Russia spent three straight weeks playing <em>Fallout 4<\/em>, and all the while ignoring his wife, job and children.<\/p>\n<p>As you might expect, then, his play session ultimately lead to wife wanting a divorce as well as losing his job. And he&#8217;s blaming <em>Fallout 4<\/em> and Bethesda.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s suing Bethesda for $7, 000 in compensation, claiming that neither Bethesda nor the game warns him that <em>Fallout 4<\/em> was addictive. Should he have known, he says, he would have behaved more responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>You know, because symptoms like your boss screaming down your throat, unhappy children and a frustrated wife aren&#8217;t reason enough? We probably would have noticed after not showering for a few days \u2013 the smell would have given it away \u2013 but that&#8217;s just us.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 28-year old, &#8220;<em>If I knew that this game could have become so addictive, I would have become a lot more wary of it. I would not have bought it, or I would have left it until I was on holiday or until the New Year holidays.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first case of its type in Russia, but not the first time we&#8217;ve heard this story. Either way, the law firm representing the gamer is doing so mostly to see how far they can push it.<\/p>\n<p>The result of a win would be a legal precedent, likely culminating in more cases being brought to the courts and, eventually, addiction warning stickers on retailer boxes in Russia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/gaming\/fallout4-lawsuit-game-addiction\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Trends<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>WTF?!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/84695-imagine-a-man-is-hit-by-a-car-while-playing-fallout-4.html\">Imagine: a man is hit by a car while playing Fallout 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/84703-oculus-rift-will-require-four-usb-ports-three-of-them-usb-3-0.html\">Oculus Rift will require four USB ports, three of them USB 3.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/84545-script-kiddies-say-theyll-ruin-christmas-for-gamers.html\">Script kiddies say they\u2019ll ruin Christmas for gamers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/84381-kids-reacting-to-tamagotchi-makes-us-feel-old.html\">Kids reacting to Tamagotchi makes us feel old<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And losing his job, wife and kids in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":84725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8257,165,6316,1969],"class_list":["post-84721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-addiction","tag-bethesda","tag-fallout-4","tag-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}