CRAIG SMALLWOOD, a disabled American war veteran, spent more than 20,000 hours over five years playing an online role-playing game called "Lineage II".

克莱格·斯莫尔伍德是美国一位残疾退伍军人，五年中有20,000个小时都泡在网上，沉浸在一个叫做“天堂ii”的线上角色扮演游戏中。

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Lineage II transports its players to a medieval-themed virtual world — and indeed Smallwood's story, too, does sound a little outlandish. Can a video game really be addictive?

天堂II把玩家带入中世纪为主题的虚拟世界，而斯默尔·伍德的游戏故事也身处其中，这听起来有些怪异。

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Game devs are building more features into games like Lineage and World of Warcraft that require players to gather outfits and weapons for their characters, which can be purchased from other players.

游戏研发人员正在将更多的特性添加进诸如天堂和魔兽世界之类的游戏之中，这些游戏都需要玩家为其角色收集装备和武器，而这些东西可以向其他玩家购买。

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Lineage Eternal is the third Lineage game.

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One online fantasy game, Lineage, features 50 worlds, each so big it takes six hours just to walk from one end to the other.

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Earlier this year a Chinese student in Japan was arrested for using a network of remote-controlled computers to steal virtual items in an online game called Lineage II and sell them to other players.

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