We've all either experienced addiction
to a game or have witnessed others with a game addiction. There are
few parents that haven't faced the challenge of regulating their
child's game-time, and some may have used games as a disciplinary
tool—you didn't clean your room and finish your homework? Then no
games today! Children aren't the only people subject to game
addiction, however. Marriages have been affected by games like World
of Warcraft, some of them even ending in divorce as a result of a
spouse's hopeless addiction to the game. Jobs have been lost as
a result of obsessive game addiction, and many gamers find it
difficult to simply turn off a game and walk away when it is time to
go to work, eat, or sleep. There are even cases of gamers being found
dead as a result of malnutrition and lack of sleep. Why are games so
addictive? I'm not an expert on this topic, but after years of
playing games myself and going through the process of designing Solar
Echoes, I have a few theories about game addiction that I'll discuss
this week.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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