Affective Personalities (Score 1)

While there are newer games that seem to generate masses of addicted hardcore gamers, that doesn't mean that the phenomenon is generated by the newer game engines or interfaces. When I went to university I had a friend who, upon being introduced to MUXing, (A text based multi-user eXperience for those of you who missed this era of online gaming.) immediately dove so far into the lifestyle that he ended up vacationing with these people he'd met online, attending their weddings, while at the same time withdrawing from his friends and family. Some people don't require blazing framerates to become addicted to a virtual lifestyle.