Comments on: Video Gaming – Is it an Addiction?

By: sfa ok

sfa ok — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:02:47 +0000

I agree with snorkle256 it the person not the product.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:01:02 +0000

http://www.unscripted360.com/meda/shb1.mp3

it’s spreading.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:39:22 +0000

@Roger, i’d love to read that project if you have it in Word format or something.

@Mark, i agree.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:14:52 +0000

My mom came and started talking about the article when she heard it on TV. She’s like “blah blah blah, BOOM HEADSHOT (gears), blah blah” – Well, that’s what i heard… lol, just kidding. But seriously, I hate all these bullshitters that criticize gaming. They never look to the positive outcome of gaming. I remember reading an article in USA Today I think about how gaming makes you a better surgeon since it strengthens your reaction time. It was also researched surgeons that were gamers made #% (can’t remember) less mistakes than non-gaming surgeons, and worked #% (can’t remember) faster in operations that most surgeons. How come stuff like this isn’t talked about?

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:12:30 +0000

I just did a video for my senior project on video games and how it affects people’s lives and for the most part video game addiction didn’t affect alot of the people we interviewed. I think video game addiction can happen and can be really bad for your health, or yout thinking if you play games like WoW or just MMORPG’s in general but for the most part video games as a whole don’t really require you to play long hours like those games do.

I personally as a 18 year old, play alot of video games. 4-6 hours at least a day, but I don’t consider myself an addict, I do and can do alot of other things, its just that I am usually home. Anyways, I think video games can be bad for kids who are like under 15ish where they would rather play video games then learn anything in school and thats usually what the news targets, video games do affect kids, but so do movies, tv, advertising, peer pressure, and pretty much everything at such an influential time. For the rest of us, video games are just part of our lives.

And seriously drugs and alcohol… worse then video games?

By: GameSkills

GameSkills — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:03:21 +0000

By making this a condition, the medical field will invent a drug that will “help the condition” and the government can profit from it.

Just like someone said earlier, moderation is the key.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:47:18 +0000

yep that’s the one fizzy.

By: Soufizzy

Soufizzy — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:41:24 +0000

@DB…I found the article at QuickDFW.com (under “Biz & Work”), I think: http://www.quickdfw.com/home/biz/stories/DN-biz–videogames_22ick.ART.State.Edition1.43341dc.html

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:39:40 +0000

how exactly could you help someone not to play games though? what’s the treatment? drugs? are they only addicted to good games? are bad games addictive?

it’s a crazy subject for sure.

By: Intangible 360

Intangible 360 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:34:09 +0000

I think this is an important and healthy thing for them to be doing and frankly I would be surprised if publishers/developers had anything negative to say about it.

All they are doing is trying to make it recognized as a condition, not make it so anyone playing video games is an addict; just have it recognized so it can be covered by health insurance, and there are certainly people out there who need the help.

By: Bontchimuz

Bontchimuz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:56:45 +0000

This is merely a reflection of our society as a whole. We do not know when to stop or say no….from credit card debt….to spending sprees, to over-eating, or addictions of various sorts.

Too much of anything is bad news.

Moderation is key to everything in life.

I learned the hard way with Star Wars Galaxies and WoW…..lost a girl and a job to my addiction…cut myself off from the world.

I learned my lesson. I do believe that MMORPGS are VERY addictive where-as console gaming in general is SOMEWHAT addictive.

Gaming is a hobby for most….you should be doing it in your free time. You family, friends, career and people around you should not suffer from your hobby.

Just thinking about locking myself in my room for a 40m hour dungeon raid binge…..actually makes my adrenaline flow…good times…..like drug addiction…but thats a whole other story

All things in moderation……

Ok…who is down for a full day of Call of Duty 3 online>? haha

By: aqauboy1976

aqauboy1976 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:10:38 +0000

I would have to agree with Snorkle on this.