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Games such as 'World of Warcraft' can become all-consuming for young players and it is difficult for parents to know if content wow power leveling is suitable, writes Brian O'Connell . SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Shaun O'Donovan was the last kid in his park to pick up the computer game World of Warcraft after his next-door neighbour, Mikey Carroll-Morris (12), introduced him to it. The first time he played the online fantasy game he devoted three hours to it. "The problem is that the three hours became my natural timeline for playing the g wow gold to buy ame after that," says Shaun, who would later spend up to five hours absorbed in it in one sitting. Shaun and Mikey are two of just 12 million gamers worldwide signed up to World of Warcraft , the world's largest Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). In the game, players control characters that navigate the landscape fighting enemies, completing missions, and interacting with other players. Th buy warcraft gold e game carries a 12+ rating in Ireland.

"We would play every day if we got a chance," says Shaun, "and after school sometimes we'll go into an internet cafe in town to play. I haven't played it much lately, though, and my mother has banned it from our house as my younger brother, Jack, who is 10, was starting to play it also." We're sitting in the kitchen of Shaun's home near Blackrock in Cork, where the computer is purposefully positioned within adult view. Both Shaun and Mikey show me reports on YouTube of children expressing concern at the amount of time they spend playing online games. Mikey says he managed to reach level 64 of a possible 80 in World of Warcraft , before his game was hacked and he had to start all over again (he's currently at level 50). Meanwhile, Shaun has had to limit the exposure cheap wow gold he has to certain types of games. "I'm more into playing Guitar Hero 4 now," he says. In an effort to get him out of the house more, Shaun's mother, Elaine, bought him a gym membership. She says it's difficult for parents to be aware at all times of the type of game wow power leveling s children are accessing.

She also says parents should be more aware of age-appropriate content, and be conscious of the amount of time children will spend playing new games. "I know my cousin has a five-year-old son who is getting a Gameboy for Christmas," she says, "so the age kids are being exposed to computer games is getting younger. The family units are changing and with both parents often working and so on, it's perhaps seen as a way to occupy children." Elaine says she noticed personality changes in Shaun when he spent long hours playing World of Warcraft , and she believes there should be more stringent controls and awareness around issues of gaming addiction and inappropriate content. "Shaun got attached to the people in the game as if they were real people. When we made moves to finally end the game he got upset about it," she says. WoW Gold