Woolley turned her grief into action and launched Online Gamers Anonymous. Thousands of people have used the Web site to escape the grip of games that Woolley insists are made to be addictive, she said.
"They are designed to keep people coming back, they put hooks in, they play mind games with people to keep 'em in there and they absolutely know what they're doing, and they're doing it in the name of money," she said.