How do I stop a World of Warcraft addiction?

I think my brother is addicted to World of Warcraft. Whenever I mention this to him, he gets super defensive and irritated even angry. How do I stop his addiction to World of Warcraft without destroying his computer and the game itself?

If so, he may have a problem. You can do a number of things:

1. Ask your parents to activate the parental controls at www.worldofwarcraft.com. They can set up a play schedule for him which will allow the game to be played for only a certain number of hours per week.
2. Offer an alternative! If he is playing too much it is because the game is fulfilling a need for him. Provide an alternative by spending time with him. What activities did he enjoy before he started playing WOW? Ask him to do those things with you. Or try something new..ask him to go to the gym with you to work of that belly that he has gotten since he started playing.

Good luck with your brother and I hope this helps!

Maybe he doesn't think he has an addiction (maybe he doesn't) and your just really annoying. No offense, but WoW has a bad reputation for compulsive gamers and it makes a lot of people think playing WoW at all is bad. If he isn't missing school/work/homework/general exercise it isn't bad. I have friends that said I was addicted to WoW because I play almost every night, but when I compared my WoW time to their TV/xbox360 time I spend way less. I don't watch TV other than the occasional movie and WoW is my only video game.

If you really think that it's negatively affecting his life, tell your parents and if they agree they will do something about it.