The heroes, Sidney (Wesley Snipes) and Billy (Woody Harrelson), are addicted to the game.

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I'm a bit addicted to the game, which is how I wound up at the Sacred Fools Theater in L.A. on a Saturday night for a "Guitar Hero" competition.

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Mr McLernon described how he had become addicted to cheap supermarket alcohol and the Guitar Hero video game.

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"My name is Bryony, and I am addicted to Game of Thrones, " wrote the Daily Telegraph's Bryony Gordon in a column last year.

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Let me begin by revealing a personal secret: Between 1983 and 1994, I made a reputation writing books (including Searching for Bobby Fischer) and national magazine pieces about chess--indeed, I became lost in chess, blissfully addicted to writing about the personalities and intricacies of the royal game, much as many men become chess addicts.

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Becoming addicted to playing a game is seen as something that is comes from personality and individual proclivities interacting with the game, rather than inherent to the game itself.

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