Day Three Totals

The kid finally woke up at 1:37. And played the game for just a little while today; 2:14 to 6:23.

It's looking like these will be the totals for day three

Gameplay - 8:42
Sleep Time - (Night - 9:04, Nap - 0)

TOTAL
Gameplay - 20:08
Sleep - 18:06 (Night - 13:49, Nap - 4:17)

Day Three

The kid stayed up until 4:33 playing that game last night before he went to bed. It's 11:37 so he's been sleeping for 7:04 minutes, but it is his day off.

So far today:
Gameplay - 4:33
Sleep Time - (Night - 7:04, Nap - 0)

TOTAL
Gameplay - 14:59
Sleep - 16:06 (Night - 11:49, Nap - 4:17)

It's 3:49, the kids been playing since midnight. And it's obviously doing wonders for his posture. 

Day Two

Mikey stopped playing at 2:46. And went to bed at 4 (he says). Woke up at approx. 7:30. Napped from 11 until 1:32 and played from 4 to 6 pm. Now he's been playing since 11:45 and it's after midnight...

Thus far today:
Gameplay - 4:37
Sleep Time - 6:02 (Night - 3:30, Nap - 2:32)

TOTAL
Gameplay - 10:26
Sleep - 9:02 (Night - 4:45, Nap - 4:17)

Totals for Day One

Mikey had a light day of Wow today, he returned game play at 9 pm until 10:30, and then 11 through midnight into day 2.

Day 1 Totals:
Gameplay 5:58
Sleep Time 3:00
Night 1:15
Nap 1:45

And to address the question of how accurate my measurements are, I stay up pretty late myself, but yesterday mikey left his AIM on so we could see how long he was idle (from when he got off the computer).

Into day 2: he played from midnight up until 2:07, then he has loaded the game again, since about 2:31.

Up from the nap

Mikey got up for his nap at noon and headed off to do some school work. Current figures are:

Gameplay 3:28
Sleep Time 3:00
Night 1:15
Nap 1:45

Day One

I was slightly disheartened that Mikey wasn't already playing the game at midnight. But he did log on at 2:47 AM and continued to play until approximately 6:15 AM, putting current game play time at 3 hours, 28 minutes. Also, he had class this morning at 8, only allowing him about 1:15 of sleep last night. But now, undoubtedly, he's taking a nap after returning from class at 10:15.

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Figure 1: Mikey being addicted. He didn't even know I was taking this picture, or even in the same room. 

What is Mikey's addiction?

Problem Statement: Mikey, my roommate, stumbled across this internet game known as "World of Warcraft" and it's affecting almost every aspect of his life. He school work is slacking, he's gone nights without sleep and his sleeping pattern is not so much a pattern as nonexistant, and he has no social interaction with anyone anymore.

Abstract: The goal of this blog is to monitor and document the affect this game has on Mikey's life, through both quantitative and qualitative data of the amount of time he has exerted playing it and the effects of it, respectively.

The study will start on Monday, August 29th at precisely 12:00 AM.