An article sent in from a gamer to Diablo III fansite DIII.net tells us sometimes one's love for a video game can go too far.

User "AniMe" plans to give up his job, dreams, and pretty much all communication with the human race for the game's launch and a minimum of six months thereafter. What? Of course it's worth it.

For around ten hours a day I will build arenas, scenes and stages. Money, oh the green! By all means, do get cozy in there on my bank account for I will need you later.

When Diablo 3 goes retail, there will be no more stage construction! Fancy computer? - Check! Comfortable chair? - Check! Cell phone off? - Check!

That’s right. Planning, and looking forward to unemployment in order to be able to play Diablo 3 the way it hopefully deserves to be played for at least six months straight. Taking a timeout from real life. Skipping karaoke nights. A rain check on singing lessons. Pause on telling girls stuff they love to hear. Oh yes, my Barbarian is going to do some serious sockrocking.

What's really amusing about this is the guy's dream is "being the lead singer of a rockband". Kids these days.

"AniMe" is aware of the disdain the gaming community has for his new "life choice", but he is not fettered:

Playing computer games full time does not fit very well with peoples idea of “be all you can be”.

Now I wonder; as a person with no current gaming addiction at all, clean for years (the needle marks have healed nicely too!) how common is it to have the goal of isolating oneself with a computer game? With clouded vision in state of withdrawal I can surely understand it, but from a mind crystal clear?

But if I was to answer with two words; ‘sheer fun’, would you buy it? Is it really that simple?

Should we distance ourselves from those things in life we truly enjoy the most for they are too dangerous?

I know I wouldn’t be honest with myself if I did.

You brave, brave man.