I play a lot of video games, but not an addict. Play them because they are interesting. I play for two hours than I need a rest from it because my fingers are tired.
The achievement system is the biggest offender of causing addiction. I know there was a time when I would play games on the 360 for 5 to 6 at a time twice a day on my days off just to complete one or so many achievements. Now I dont really play much anymore. I recently bought a house and switched jobs so now my 360 collects dust.
@blondbassist About a month and a half ago, I was exactly where you are now...2 years into an addiction with no end in sight. I wanted out. Then, several weeks ago, I spent about a week away from video games. I had depression, and dissociative symptoms 24/7; I think these are normal withdrawal symptoms from video games, someone reply to this comment if you are experiencing dissociative (depersonalization or derealization) after quitting video games.
I have a gaming addiction, this has been going on for the past two years, I used to very popular before I started playing Online MMO's then I switched to Xbox and in all the two years I have lost all my friends, I struggle with conversations, I don't have a girlfriend I can't seem to get a job because my social skills are now non existant and I don't exercise at all anymore and I chose to play games rather than revise everytime.
@blondbassist I decided that I didn't want to play video games anymore for fear of what it was doing to me. I am slowly recovering from the psychological withdrawals, and the light is slowly starting to shine into my life again. A big part of my recovery was/is turning to Jesus for support and healing.
@SAlNTGABRIEL LMAO! Let's wait till December. After the release of Call of duty modern warfare 3, battlefield 3, Elder scroll V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's deception, Assassin's creed: revelation and many more games. Then we'll know who is addicted and who "just plays' games. This is so funny. Last year, I was like this and I almost crashed out of school. In fact, I practically stopped going to school so I won't be worried about getting assignments. Things are better now though.
I think it's a way of living in a fantasy world, we all need to switch off sometimes, of course for some people it can be an obsession, but not as bad as sexual addiction.
Its really funny when she is talking about the reason why somone plays games and i swear im in all three she mentioned. I just love everything about video games. I have been playing since i was 5 and some of my earliest memories of life have been me and my brother playing video games. Its part of my life in a way that other people don't understand. I love viedo gamesso much that im getting my bachelors in game production. I think some people just get into it when they are older and it takes hold
trouble at home, bullies at school, emotional disturbances in general will obviously feel safe in a virtual world of videogames. But that is not the games fault.
I wish there was something I could do for my brother. He stopped going to high school most of the time and now he only takes 1 class at an alternative high school and will be 21 before he graduates. I love him but his whole life, 1t least 18 hrs/day is consumed by video games. My parents keep buying him new games too and refuse to intervene.
Hehe after playing Red Orchestra for 3 days in a row I went out to throw my garbage and as I went around the corner I got surprised by a man and I got the feeling that I should crouch and shoot him hehe. Was a strange feeling.
Yeah I am addicted to games and I love it! It affects my work, health and social life. so what? We each live the way we want
i can really get into a game to be honest when i grow up i want to work for a videogame company i can be addicted to a game and just not play it and get hooked on another game me and my friends like videogames to but we enjoy playing football more
i play mmo rpgs for 19 hours a day or more, i would for sure say im addicted but its because real life sucks and i dont wanna meet society standards, in these video games you can be great and live a whole other life. if i wake up and play my game till i go back asleep and wake back up and do it again, eventually i am in that game i dont see the outside world.
Many substitute one addiction for another. this is where the behaviour starts. It is not the item itself, but the mind-pattern of needing to blot out reality with whatever it takes to do that. This stems from trauma and abuse of one type or another. if you are addicted to anything you need release work and deprogramming.
I DONT PLAY MMO I FIND IT SO BORING I PLAY SHOOTER GAMES SUCH AS TEAM FORTRESS 2 WHAT IM ADDDICTED TO DO IS TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER WHETHER ITS IN A GAME OR ITS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ' SO LONG STORY SHORT I AM NOT ADDICTED TO A GAME IM ADDICTED TO TEAMWORK xD
While video gaming can be arguably classified as an addiction, at the same time however video games could easily be considered one of the most effective forms of education - at least in my case. I could easily, without a doubt, say that the vast majority of my useful knowledge has come from video games. Because video games are so fun as to possibly cause a supposed addiction, they are also a powerful method of acquiring knowledge, as many popular games have elements of educational realism.
i have been playing ALOT since i come home from work or school. wrote some info of me at your video with the title (Video Gaming: What if You Play Too Much? ).
and i have rechived kinda mental issues like agresivety, i feel rage but the rage dont seem to have anny sourche i dont attack but i fear some time i am going to break, not happend so far. reaction to sounds that is not to loud even. some times i feel like i am walking on a boat. and some "imploding" preasure inside my head. i wanna quit
I like how she starts saying many people are defensive when they hear the word "addiction". If one feels like he/she has to justify something about "gaming addiction" to start with, perhaps there is something going on that one refuses to admit...
I think it's a mixture of compromising. Obviously studying and family commitments come first, but how can you justify gaming addiction as such a straight forward matter.
I'm a hardcore gamer, its noticeably hurting my studies so I've banned myself for this fall semester. I'm amazed I haven't been kicked out already to be honest.
Has anybody doing these studies ever considered the money factor? It costs a LOT of money to buy drugs to feel good, the same if somewhat less to buy booze. Gambling is just as expensive & life wrecking as drug & alcohol addiction - basically a persons funds are poured into these but with WoW you pay $10-$50 for a copy (its £5/$10 to buy in the UK now but it said $50 in this old video) & a small monthly fee, then you have infinite access to a game that constantly rewards you.. Am I right?
to be honest i can get into a good game for a couple of hours and have fun, but there comes a point where i just dont wanna play anymore and i just wanna go outside and chill with friends. there are also stretches where i wont even play my xbox for months at a time though. i really only play it if my friends call me up or im extremely bored. the point is you just gotta find a way to balance it all in your life so you wont end up living with your parents until your 40
oh and let me say how people are addicted to say drugs or alchol that's bad for you but i don't see how being addicted to video games is as dangrous as being addicted to drugs or alchol
i honesty can say i am addicted to video games but not computer games but ps3 lmao i barley go outside i've been playing video games all my life so ive been addicted all my life and i'm normal ain't nothing wrong with me
rigth after christmas 2008 i bougth xbox 360....then the summer after i buyed xbl...and then i stopped going out plehing with my firends...less and less....and then me and my family moved away from all my firends to another place...then i went to college.. and ended up in the wrong class with idiots and NOT with my firends...so now im plehing all day after school....never go out ....but still are with my firends like every 5th month or something like that so xbl is slowly ruininig my life:(
I played broowar online 1999- 2000 everyday 12 to 16 hours a day and went to bed thinking about strategies in the game... quit haning out with me friends quit lifting weights my favoirte form of excercise. It was bad... but I loved that game . I think I like the power/winning/strategy I would sweat buckets during an important ladder match... then I found out how many people hacked and became disenchanted... still to this day I enjoy watching Korean Pro Gamers play Broodwar.
we play games mostly because we have dreams/fantasies and fasination, we see this everywhere even in movies, but games r better because we r controling them and we become the character in it and its like we're their like master chief(im not a halo fan) we dont know what he looks like and we imagine ourselfs as the guy inside. and since its in fps then we're seein what they see so we can simulate our lives to them.
I have seen one video game addict who started playing WOW for a straight 2 days and he ONLY stopped to eat and use the restroom.. now THAT is bad.. me I have never actually lost sleep because of it, nor skipped meal, and I"m physically fit and will go to the gym and work out over picking up a controller ANY DAY
I love playing video games but I'm sick of it at the same time... So today monday june14 2010 I break my addiction. :) good luck to all the others out there
I honesly think US gamers play online video games because, its a "STRESS RELIEF" tht or its cuz some ppl have alot of freetime. U do know ppl get paid for sitting in a chair all day playing video games, they get paid a lot of money. its a hobby. its entertanment. the list gose on. NO OFFENCE but i belive it becomes a problem when the persons seperates his/her self from friends and family, or they are over weight and feel better about them selfs when the KILL some one online. The list gose on.
I do play a LOT of games but that is only because I like those games. I recently began replaying the Sands Of Time Trilogy and I remembered why I loved it so much the first time. I don't think I have a problem, since I have a day job (full time) and spend a lot of time with my friends. I only game when I have some free time on my hands because I find it very fun. Sometimes I make time for gaming but only when a title I was waiting for is released. (example: I will make time for Castlevania)
Why treat when you can prevent. I mean i was a Hard gamer. I used to get angry and cuss at the screen for loosing in a game. Later i was told by my friends and family that i had a problem. But is till kept playing. Later i confronted my ADDICTION. Now i don't play video games, they are pointless to me. But its just so annoying to have a Group of Game freak in my every class constantly talk about Games. If you cant live without playing for a week. than you are a Video game ADDICT.
A week? no. I play a fair share of video games, but only if I have seen that my rabbits have had enough recreational time with me, my work is done, and no friends are knocking at the door. So it's like a last resort. How can I be addicted to a last resort just because I go to it more than once a week?
A lot of people talk of their compulsive gaming in relation to thier life. A point that seems to come up most often is that it's an "escape" into another problem free world. I can relate in a way because I do find MMO's (I play RuneScape) relaxing, and anything you enjoy doing is a nice escape.. but really, what about playing games just because you really enjoy it? Is there an issue if you game a lot just because it's something you like to do, all social issues aside?
@Rudy4President I think we all play games because we enjoy them. The difference is for some people that they begin to have functional impairments because of it. Fortunately most people don't. Thanks for your comment :-)
I can tell you right now its life that is what drove me to video games. Back when I started school I used to be very outgoing and social but the fellow students I went with were not so nice. After countless failed attempts on trying to make friends and have fun in a social way thats when I discovered video games. Thats when I figured why go out and socialize to try and have fun only get my head bit off when I tried, when video games gave me the fun I was seeking without socializing with jerks.
I think people are naturally incompatable with each other in many ways, but adapt to expectations and experiences that are responsable for managing the lives of others. Reality is about leadership, and many people find gaming as a shortcut for their need of importence. You can only blame yourself for so long before differences dictate relationships, since life is also a display of power for instinctive longetivity.
I feel as though gaming addiction has more to do with authority in the real world. Games give importance to the player in such ways that an ordinary person would have to adapt or train for. The level of experience and curiousity can defeat the ordinary expectations of real life, and involve the individual who may or may not be sociably acceptable already.
I was kicked out of my university for failing grades due to game addiction. I played every morning from about 8 am to 12 pm, then i'd go to class, come back around 6 pm and played till midnight. I only studied when midterms and finals came around but i had to cram everything using amphetamines. I am now recovering back at home, i still find it difficult to let go of the game, It is a very competitive game, but once I reach my goal of ranking high amongst other gamers, I think I'll be alright.
you know, this issue is a great concern for me. when i was a kid, we were all addicted, but it ended up being beneficial because it was before online gaming and when we all wanted to play a game we had to go over to somebody's house. our social skills kept improving out of necessity. these days, if you want to play a multiplayer game, you can just go online. xbox live is killing common courtesy and social skills in my opinion.
mhm, about its effects on education, im not sure about that, My grades were in the %80s and the I started playing and my grades went up by like 7%. Aswell, video games can be a way of people to socialize with friends who they live far away from. But I mean, how can video games stop you from taking showers and brushing your teeth. Seriously.
@Slashloo Unfortunately, not everyone has the same experience as you. The game itself doesn't have the power to cause anything in and of itself - it's the interaction of the game with certain individual's state of mind. If you read all the comments, you'll see that many experience problems with compulsive play. Good for you that you haven't.
Personally I would prefer it if people simply left gamers alone. We hear a lot about how we are 'addicted' to a game. What's the alternative? In my case it's simply being slumped in front of a TV while my family bores me to death with talk of things that do not interest me before going off to shunt shopping trolleys around a car park to fund my gaming. I'm a WoW player, and I can honestly say I have more in common with other players on my server than I do with anyone in real life.
Video game addiction is the most pathetic form of addiction. In the case of young children, it is sad and unfortunate. In the case of adults, it is weak and revolting. How about actually stepping outside and experiencing life as opposed to "living" vicariously in your delusions.
this is a great video but why is it that most video game addict documentaries always have WOW as the game the people get addicted to and never anything else. Even when i hear stories of guys rejecting their girlfriends, the guys always play WOW. It makes me think WOW is not a normal kind of game. i guess on some level WOW is a different life. As a hardcore gamer i have played hours in final fantasy maybe even 6 hours a day but i always made time for everything else. scary thought really...
Wow addicts arnt retarded, they just choose to play it becuase they ecsapes reality, and wow is a very addictive game. Thats why I only downloaded the trail version becuase I knew that I would be addicted to the full game
finshing my comment the reason there is video game documentry and news segments on video game addiction is because i some people might agree and some not but my reason is that the video game community is growing massively every year and the media is taking notice on how big it is really getting around the community that you are playing in
i play games alot but probably not alot in other people prospective i play cause most of my friends play the same games i do like tekken 6 for instance so u can say i play for social and probably personal reasons as well but it is all the matter of opinions you don't really need a theropist to treat these video game addiction cause thats not really possible cause there are video games everywhere. it is a individual choosing to play whatever games you want i guess it is all about self control
I don't have an addiction of computer gaming. It's more like I CAN quit.. It's more on the side of I don't want to. It's too much fun tbh. But Yes I do get of on occasion. I just get a kick out of gaming.
People go on about how video games cause people to waste their lives on them. Hmm, maybe life wasn't to nice, maybe they found osmething they're actually good at, something they like to do.
Maybe life wasn't so nice when they were out there. Maybe life wasn't so giving. Now the people living in life, the life that put you in a hole, want you to get out of the thing your good at. THey want you back in the life that hurt you so much, the life that doesn't want you.
Life is a mean place, but instead of trying to help make your life better and help make life better for those around you, you instead lose yourself in a virtual World that is beneficial to no one. Instead of doing something for good you would rather sit indoors all day and play in a fantasy World.
@Fedorisagod very well said but some people have wonderful lives but they just love to play but then again there are people who had a hard time in life.
Yes it addiction and people do play way too much. I left my husband cause of these games. He has not held down a job for a year now and lives in his mothers basement. His is 45 years old and it's very sad to see. He plays RK all day and night long. I am very saddened to see this take over his life as he was a brilliant man....
Perhaps you leaving him wasn't the best way to do. At least out of love for another human being you should have helped him attach himself to reality.
I used to play games a lot, I still can play for hours easily. But I started socializing and detaching myself from gaming. I stopped playing online (because its more convenient). I'm doing ok but I'm still sitting on the computer all day long, doing my job or a project. Hopefully I won't be in 25 years when I'm 45.
Yeah that's what I thought when I was 16. Wasted a lotta time on that shit.
Life is about having fun, true, but it's also about exploring, and having BIG fun. Not sitting bored, switching from one video game to the other hoping for some fun.
If I wasn't spending all my time playing video games, I would be doing something else that would impair my life. I could be sitting around just watching tv or doing drugs. At least Video Games are interactive.
We play for fun and play many games,a good gamer will know all the good servers of any game. If one can find a good server to play on and players who know what teamework is then you get the wow factor.
But it's all about the grey area of life and life is a real game, and it's how you play it but we have to work as a team first thats why I'm here right now.
With Out Wax H..................Cool info and a merry xmas and happy new year all.
Video game addiction is real and i know this because i was addicted to World of Warcraft for around a year. At the time i told myself that it wasnt really a problem but looking back i now know that it was a full blown addiction. My grades turned to shit friends thought i had dropped out and the only thing on my mind was WoW. Luckily i slowed down got my grades in line and graduated high school. My advice is keep doing what you love but don't pass up a real life opportunity for the game.
Urm, that is like saying there are always reasons for reasons. Takex2x is correct, you can do something because it feels good, is enjoyable (without it being a addiction). Saying there is always a reason for that really does not make sense in that context, unless it's just saying something for the sake of saying it. Unless I am missing some deeper meaning?
We need more room to write to do the subject of motivation justice. "Addiction" aside, we all play games because we enjoy the experience - we play for fun. But we can further define "fun" can't we? Some enjoy the competitive aspects or game strategy, some find socializing more fun. Some get the most fun out of developing their characters and being in a graphically beautiful environment. Most of us find it fun to leave stressful things behind and become immersed in something so different.
Is a job required in life? if it brings you happiness then why not do it? We are all going to die. Which wins the big shot CEO that makes millions of dollars but is not happy with his life or the guy who plays video games all the time has not a worry and few wants in the world.
What pisses me off about all this. Is that no one takes into mind that, its what we enjoy doing. Let me put it this way: Loads of kids enjoy playing football/soccer/any sport They tend to play it for long periods of time. Why can't we do the same? If its different people suddenly start freaking out and saying this bullshit. Saying that we're "Anti-social" Lets see. We talk to people all across the world therefore we're "Anti-social"?
I could go on for a long time about this. Sorry for rambling.
my reason for playing wow/any computer game would be after a long day its great to escape into a world where all my troubles can disappear, also i do see my friends outside of wow and i play with my school friends in wow.
I don't see why people go crazy about people who play games alot. Kids are praised when they read alot or play lots of sports. It's all a form of entertainment. Some people read, some play sports, some play music, some play video games. There is no more a gaming addict than there is a reading addict or a sports addict.
i WAS addicted until my friend accidentally dropped my laptop down a staircase, i too young oto work but i dotn miss school or avoid friends or anything too play wow. after my laptop broke i lived for a year withought it i then learned i dont need it to live.........i play 2 hours a day now and its in the morning so noone is up and i get to school ontime and all that
If you watch the vids you'll see I'm not judging...I still play games. Dozens of people write me every month identifying themselves as having problems with addiction. It's not up to me to judge.
lol but what i have a problem is that people that have no idea of what it feels like or has no idea what the gamer thinks about that game should not judge
anything can be addictive, as long as you can use play or watch it its addictive, and yes online games are addictive, i've been at one point and i could be upo 24 hours at a time on it, im glad i don't anymore
I've been playing WoW for several years now, got about 30 days play time all together, I have a fantastic job, a beatiful girlfriend and a incredible 2 year old son, in modern day society people just love to point the blame, just think, why do they play so much? BECAUSE IT'S ENJOYABLE. Same reason people eat chocolate because they like to eat it. Same reason people may do football or something because they enjoy it
In regards to her speaking about "player motivation" she never mentions what 90% of people think : The Games are FUN :) Sure people do get addicted, but it's their own fault if they can't shut the PC/console down and go out a bit.
I stay inside on my computer because my I hate my neighbourhood, you just cant go outside feeling safe. If I moved house I would go out a hell of alot more.
its funny people only represent problems to what they believe. IE I think you play to much. But if your handicap and have nothing else to do all day. I dont think thats too much?
She needs to stop blaming games and blame the kids.
I don't "blame" anyone. It's a complicated interactive process...and a lot of people (the majority) are able to manage their play responsibly. I still play games - just not MMOs.
They always blame it on the drugs, guns, magazines, movies etc.
Dude, what the fuck has happened to our society where it is acceptable to blame everything except the individual and the parents?
Raise your damn kid so that they aren't so easily influenced and lacking self-control.
I wasn't raised like that and had to battle drug addiction for 5 years. It was a waste of life, but in the end I gained the self-control no one ever taught me on my own.
game addiction is very real
Insurgent999 3 weeks ago
I play a lot of video games, but not an addict. Play them because they are interesting. I play for two hours than I need a rest from it because my fingers are tired.
carmenfatfat 3 months ago
The achievement system is the biggest offender of causing addiction. I know there was a time when I would play games on the 360 for 5 to 6 at a time twice a day on my days off just to complete one or so many achievements. Now I dont really play much anymore. I recently bought a house and switched jobs so now my 360 collects dust.
thagrtstuvawltyme11 4 months ago
sims 3 play it for like 12 hours straight
METALLOVEx 4 months ago
@METALLOVEx
12 Fucking hours?!?!?!
SAlNTGABRIEL 3 months ago
I think I m addicted i need help its so 1strating w/o warcraft and cs..............
3366ashish 5 months ago
hmm that was interesting and thru but i cant watch part 2 'cuz a 15 hour raid is coming..:)
galaxytroll 5 months ago
IT'S BOTH FREAKING REAL IN SOME CASES, IN OTHER IT'S HYPE. Ktnxbai, scroll up, ur missing the vid.
pufflelover1 5 months ago
@blondbassist About a month and a half ago, I was exactly where you are now...2 years into an addiction with no end in sight. I wanted out. Then, several weeks ago, I spent about a week away from video games. I had depression, and dissociative symptoms 24/7; I think these are normal withdrawal symptoms from video games, someone reply to this comment if you are experiencing dissociative (depersonalization or derealization) after quitting video games.
SavageLegacy28 5 months ago
Hello guys,
I have a gaming addiction, this has been going on for the past two years, I used to very popular before I started playing Online MMO's then I switched to Xbox and in all the two years I have lost all my friends, I struggle with conversations, I don't have a girlfriend I can't seem to get a job because my social skills are now non existant and I don't exercise at all anymore and I chose to play games rather than revise everytime.
How do I get my life back on track?
blondbassist 6 months ago
@blondbassist I decided that I didn't want to play video games anymore for fear of what it was doing to me. I am slowly recovering from the psychological withdrawals, and the light is slowly starting to shine into my life again. A big part of my recovery was/is turning to Jesus for support and healing.
SavageLegacy28 5 months ago
@blondbassist
FUCK LIFE!! YOUR FAVORITE GAME IS CALLING YOUR NAME!
SAlNTGABRIEL 3 months ago
@SAlNTGABRIEL LMAO! Let's wait till December. After the release of Call of duty modern warfare 3, battlefield 3, Elder scroll V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's deception, Assassin's creed: revelation and many more games. Then we'll know who is addicted and who "just plays' games. This is so funny. Last year, I was like this and I almost crashed out of school. In fact, I practically stopped going to school so I won't be worried about getting assignments. Things are better now though.
bollocks2who 3 months ago
I think it's a way of living in a fantasy world, we all need to switch off sometimes, of course for some people it can be an obsession, but not as bad as sexual addiction.
computermaster 6 months ago
who here socializes while playing games? is kind of fun knowing different ppl from all over the world when you don't have money to travel.
FILINCHO 7 months ago
@FILINCHO I KNOW RIGHT!
SAlNTGABRIEL 3 months ago
Its really funny when she is talking about the reason why somone plays games and i swear im in all three she mentioned. I just love everything about video games. I have been playing since i was 5 and some of my earliest memories of life have been me and my brother playing video games. Its part of my life in a way that other people don't understand. I love viedo gamesso much that im getting my bachelors in game production. I think some people just get into it when they are older and it takes hold
shureshot24 10 months ago
If people have something to escape from,
trouble at home, bullies at school, emotional disturbances in general will obviously feel safe in a virtual world of videogames. But that is not the games fault.
Amarkcalledme 10 months ago
I wish there was something I could do for my brother. He stopped going to high school most of the time and now he only takes 1 class at an alternative high school and will be 21 before he graduates. I love him but his whole life, 1t least 18 hrs/day is consumed by video games. My parents keep buying him new games too and refuse to intervene.
StarryEchoes 11 months ago
I didnt play games for a few months and literally craved gta like people crave white castle theres no way around it u have to get it
brieman2 11 months ago
Woah, I've never heard of someone who plays games, that doesn't eat, or wash, that's just screwed up!
aRMEd8uLL 1 year ago
Hehe after playing Red Orchestra for 3 days in a row I went out to throw my garbage and as I went around the corner I got surprised by a man and I got the feeling that I should crouch and shoot him hehe. Was a strange feeling.
Yeah I am addicted to games and I love it! It affects my work, health and social life. so what? We each live the way we want
gameduct 1 year ago
i can really get into a game to be honest when i grow up i want to work for a videogame company i can be addicted to a game and just not play it and get hooked on another game me and my friends like videogames to but we enjoy playing football more
chaingangpatriot 1 year ago
i play mmo rpgs for 19 hours a day or more, i would for sure say im addicted but its because real life sucks and i dont wanna meet society standards, in these video games you can be great and live a whole other life. if i wake up and play my game till i go back asleep and wake back up and do it again, eventually i am in that game i dont see the outside world.
TruSticKyBudZ 1 year ago
She's seen the light! fellow gamers... our savior is here
wowaddiction101 1 year ago
I havent played online games for ages!
you cant really say that Im socialising when Im talking to a fake gorgon in zelda...
Idk why I play games probably cos I find everything else boring...
Bradkalproductions 1 year ago
want to escape your dull, painful, or unfulfilled life? start gaming, better than some other options.
to video: go on......
Milliondollarloser 1 year ago
I find playing games more satisfying than watching TV. There are a lot more things to control.
MeijiKendo 1 year ago
Many substitute one addiction for another. this is where the behaviour starts. It is not the item itself, but the mind-pattern of needing to blot out reality with whatever it takes to do that. This stems from trauma and abuse of one type or another. if you are addicted to anything you need release work and deprogramming.
SovereignBeing 1 year ago
I DONT PLAY MMO I FIND IT SO BORING I PLAY SHOOTER GAMES SUCH AS TEAM FORTRESS 2 WHAT IM ADDDICTED TO DO IS TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER WHETHER ITS IN A GAME OR ITS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ' SO LONG STORY SHORT I AM NOT ADDICTED TO A GAME IM ADDICTED TO TEAMWORK xD
Eyenagel 1 year ago
@Eyenagel yeah keep lying to yourself. And next time, dont press the button on your keyaboard who says "capslock"
gameduct 1 year ago
While video gaming can be arguably classified as an addiction, at the same time however video games could easily be considered one of the most effective forms of education - at least in my case. I could easily, without a doubt, say that the vast majority of my useful knowledge has come from video games. Because video games are so fun as to possibly cause a supposed addiction, they are also a powerful method of acquiring knowledge, as many popular games have elements of educational realism.
Gilithus 1 year ago
I'm not addicted but I do play too much
But I'll do something else if there is something interesting to do
skullface443 1 year ago
addicted to games. when i get bored of a game i search for another disperatly or i play a mmo and all these like 10 hours. this hours like 12-13 omg
selearemus 1 year ago
i have been playing ALOT since i come home from work or school. wrote some info of me at your video with the title (Video Gaming: What if You Play Too Much? ).
and i have rechived kinda mental issues like agresivety, i feel rage but the rage dont seem to have anny sourche i dont attack but i fear some time i am going to break, not happend so far. reaction to sounds that is not to loud even. some times i feel like i am walking on a boat. and some "imploding" preasure inside my head. i wanna quit
luthinen 1 year ago
I like how she starts saying many people are defensive when they hear the word "addiction". If one feels like he/she has to justify something about "gaming addiction" to start with, perhaps there is something going on that one refuses to admit...
baerabas 1 year ago
I think it's a mixture of compromising. Obviously studying and family commitments come first, but how can you justify gaming addiction as such a straight forward matter.
obidobidoo 1 year ago
I'm a hardcore gamer, its noticeably hurting my studies so I've banned myself for this fall semester. I'm amazed I haven't been kicked out already to be honest.
gearboxhpc 1 year ago
well spoken fedorisagod.
miseriadocao 1 year ago
Has anybody doing these studies ever considered the money factor? It costs a LOT of money to buy drugs to feel good, the same if somewhat less to buy booze. Gambling is just as expensive & life wrecking as drug & alcohol addiction - basically a persons funds are poured into these but with WoW you pay $10-$50 for a copy (its £5/$10 to buy in the UK now but it said $50 in this old video) & a small monthly fee, then you have infinite access to a game that constantly rewards you.. Am I right?
andy7666 1 year ago
Im addicted to PC games...but a lot of my creative hobbies are on the computer as well...so for me its difficult to deal with :(
CatMan221 1 year ago
im Soooooooooo Addicted to Call of duty i get sad when i'm not playing xbox live
zachfresh 1 year ago
to be honest i can get into a good game for a couple of hours and have fun, but there comes a point where i just dont wanna play anymore and i just wanna go outside and chill with friends. there are also stretches where i wont even play my xbox for months at a time though. i really only play it if my friends call me up or im extremely bored. the point is you just gotta find a way to balance it all in your life so you wont end up living with your parents until your 40
koasterkrazy2010 1 year ago 14
@koasterkrazy2010
Indeed.
gamerchronicles 1 year ago 2
@koasterkrazy2010
True man....all i have to add is u must have the Power of Will and u can manage it all !!!
ReDevil103 1 year ago
@koasterkrazy2010 Well said! Balance in everything, even extreme sports, hehe.
truemind 1 year ago
oh and let me say how people are addicted to say drugs or alchol that's bad for you but i don't see how being addicted to video games is as dangrous as being addicted to drugs or alchol
xbox360sucks1234 1 year ago
i honesty can say i am addicted to video games but not computer games but ps3 lmao i barley go outside i've been playing video games all my life so ive been addicted all my life and i'm normal ain't nothing wrong with me
xbox360sucks1234 1 year ago
i play too much after my gf gone
hopelessthug 1 year ago
rigth after christmas 2008 i bougth xbox 360....then the summer after i buyed xbl...and then i stopped going out plehing with my firends...less and less....and then me and my family moved away from all my firends to another place...then i went to college.. and ended up in the wrong class with idiots and NOT with my firends...so now im plehing all day after school....never go out ....but still are with my firends like every 5th month or something like that so xbl is slowly ruininig my life:(
siggibiggy 1 year ago
everybody got hobbys ... but when this passion take all the place in your life! ..you got a problem! .. this hobby turn in addiction! ...
suffering1231 1 year ago
I played broowar online 1999- 2000 everyday 12 to 16 hours a day and went to bed thinking about strategies in the game... quit haning out with me friends quit lifting weights my favoirte form of excercise. It was bad... but I loved that game . I think I like the power/winning/strategy I would sweat buckets during an important ladder match... then I found out how many people hacked and became disenchanted... still to this day I enjoy watching Korean Pro Gamers play Broodwar.
unitylovefamily 1 year ago
we play games mostly because we have dreams/fantasies and fasination, we see this everywhere even in movies, but games r better because we r controling them and we become the character in it and its like we're their like master chief(im not a halo fan) we dont know what he looks like and we imagine ourselfs as the guy inside. and since its in fps then we're seein what they see so we can simulate our lives to them.
zgeneral161 1 year ago 4
@zgeneral161 Very true. Thank you for your insightful comment. This makes games much more powerful than other forms of media.
gamerchronicles 1 year ago
I play because I have no friends.
teddybeartoe 1 year ago
@teddybeartoe
Or girlfriend
Im in the same boat, yo.
xxBlacksundayxx 1 year ago
I have seen one video game addict who started playing WOW for a straight 2 days and he ONLY stopped to eat and use the restroom.. now THAT is bad.. me I have never actually lost sleep because of it, nor skipped meal, and I"m physically fit and will go to the gym and work out over picking up a controller ANY DAY
BodofLegend 1 year ago
I love playing video games but I'm sick of it at the same time... So today monday june14 2010 I break my addiction. :) good luck to all the others out there
sladesyd 1 year ago
I honesly think US gamers play online video games because, its a "STRESS RELIEF" tht or its cuz some ppl have alot of freetime. U do know ppl get paid for sitting in a chair all day playing video games, they get paid a lot of money. its a hobby. its entertanment. the list gose on. NO OFFENCE but i belive it becomes a problem when the persons seperates his/her self from friends and family, or they are over weight and feel better about them selfs when the KILL some one online. The list gose on.
Faithoper777 1 year ago
I do play a LOT of games but that is only because I like those games. I recently began replaying the Sands Of Time Trilogy and I remembered why I loved it so much the first time. I don't think I have a problem, since I have a day job (full time) and spend a lot of time with my friends. I only game when I have some free time on my hands because I find it very fun. Sometimes I make time for gaming but only when a title I was waiting for is released. (example: I will make time for Castlevania)
Mykayel 1 year ago
@Mykayel Sounds like really healthy game play. Thanks for your comment :-)
gamerchronicles 1 year ago
Why treat when you can prevent. I mean i was a Hard gamer. I used to get angry and cuss at the screen for loosing in a game. Later i was told by my friends and family that i had a problem. But is till kept playing. Later i confronted my ADDICTION. Now i don't play video games, they are pointless to me. But its just so annoying to have a Group of Game freak in my every class constantly talk about Games. If you cant live without playing for a week. than you are a Video game ADDICT.
Jitow17 1 year ago
@Jitow17
A week? no. I play a fair share of video games, but only if I have seen that my rabbits have had enough recreational time with me, my work is done, and no friends are knocking at the door. So it's like a last resort. How can I be addicted to a last resort just because I go to it more than once a week?
Edge0fPain 1 year ago
A lot of people talk of their compulsive gaming in relation to thier life. A point that seems to come up most often is that it's an "escape" into another problem free world. I can relate in a way because I do find MMO's (I play RuneScape) relaxing, and anything you enjoy doing is a nice escape.. but really, what about playing games just because you really enjoy it? Is there an issue if you game a lot just because it's something you like to do, all social issues aside?
Rudy4President 1 year ago
@Rudy4President I think we all play games because we enjoy them. The difference is for some people that they begin to have functional impairments because of it. Fortunately most people don't. Thanks for your comment :-)
gamerchronicles 1 year ago
I can tell you right now its life that is what drove me to video games. Back when I started school I used to be very outgoing and social but the fellow students I went with were not so nice. After countless failed attempts on trying to make friends and have fun in a social way thats when I discovered video games. Thats when I figured why go out and socialize to try and have fun only get my head bit off when I tried, when video games gave me the fun I was seeking without socializing with jerks.
Garrett00009 1 year ago 4
@Garrett00009 Really good point. I think that's true for a lot of people.
gamerchronicles 1 year ago
I think people are naturally incompatable with each other in many ways, but adapt to expectations and experiences that are responsable for managing the lives of others. Reality is about leadership, and many people find gaming as a shortcut for their need of importence. You can only blame yourself for so long before differences dictate relationships, since life is also a display of power for instinctive longetivity.
DLAntti 1 year ago
I feel as though gaming addiction has more to do with authority in the real world. Games give importance to the player in such ways that an ordinary person would have to adapt or train for. The level of experience and curiousity can defeat the ordinary expectations of real life, and involve the individual who may or may not be sociably acceptable already.
DLAntti 1 year ago
Finally, someone who isn't completely full of shit.
Chickenfat94 1 year ago
I was kicked out of my university for failing grades due to game addiction. I played every morning from about 8 am to 12 pm, then i'd go to class, come back around 6 pm and played till midnight. I only studied when midterms and finals came around but i had to cram everything using amphetamines. I am now recovering back at home, i still find it difficult to let go of the game, It is a very competitive game, but once I reach my goal of ranking high amongst other gamers, I think I'll be alright.
DoctorYoon 1 year ago
you know, this issue is a great concern for me. when i was a kid, we were all addicted, but it ended up being beneficial because it was before online gaming and when we all wanted to play a game we had to go over to somebody's house. our social skills kept improving out of necessity. these days, if you want to play a multiplayer game, you can just go online. xbox live is killing common courtesy and social skills in my opinion.
burleymullins 1 year ago
mhm, about its effects on education, im not sure about that, My grades were in the %80s and the I started playing and my grades went up by like 7%. Aswell, video games can be a way of people to socialize with friends who they live far away from. But I mean, how can video games stop you from taking showers and brushing your teeth. Seriously.
Slashloo 1 year ago
@Slashloo Unfortunately, not everyone has the same experience as you. The game itself doesn't have the power to cause anything in and of itself - it's the interaction of the game with certain individual's state of mind. If you read all the comments, you'll see that many experience problems with compulsive play. Good for you that you haven't.
gamerchronicles 1 year ago
Personally I would prefer it if people simply left gamers alone. We hear a lot about how we are 'addicted' to a game. What's the alternative? In my case it's simply being slumped in front of a TV while my family bores me to death with talk of things that do not interest me before going off to shunt shopping trolleys around a car park to fund my gaming. I'm a WoW player, and I can honestly say I have more in common with other players on my server than I do with anyone in real life.
Nastranai 1 year ago
Video game addiction is the most pathetic form of addiction. In the case of young children, it is sad and unfortunate. In the case of adults, it is weak and revolting. How about actually stepping outside and experiencing life as opposed to "living" vicariously in your delusions.
misterdesade 1 year ago
I would call addiction when people choose to play rather than important real life things.
skullface443 1 year ago
this is a great video but why is it that most video game addict documentaries always have WOW as the game the people get addicted to and never anything else. Even when i hear stories of guys rejecting their girlfriends, the guys always play WOW. It makes me think WOW is not a normal kind of game. i guess on some level WOW is a different life. As a hardcore gamer i have played hours in final fantasy maybe even 6 hours a day but i always made time for everything else. scary thought really...
CrimsonAzure7 1 year ago
I"m more into fighting games now and games that actually require skill
woyay 1 year ago
i'm an addtice very much failing school cause of games
56kingcarter 1 year ago
Wow addicts arnt retarded, they just choose to play it becuase they ecsapes reality, and wow is a very addictive game. Thats why I only downloaded the trail version becuase I knew that I would be addicted to the full game
DeadStrike13 1 year ago
ya i play video game just to ecsapes reality...
junhua123 1 year ago
finshing my comment the reason there is video game documentry and news segments on video game addiction is because i some people might agree and some not but my reason is that the video game community is growing massively every year and the media is taking notice on how big it is really getting around the community that you are playing in
korean411 1 year ago
i play games alot but probably not alot in other people prospective i play cause most of my friends play the same games i do like tekken 6 for instance so u can say i play for social and probably personal reasons as well but it is all the matter of opinions you don't really need a theropist to treat these video game addiction cause thats not really possible cause there are video games everywhere. it is a individual choosing to play whatever games you want i guess it is all about self control
korean411 1 year ago
I was already addicted to Runescape for awhile, who knows what would of happened if i started playing WoW
Stupidsquire 1 year ago 4
Me too. I got a girlfriend and my life is now amazing. ;D
Charles2337 1 year ago
Everyone has their own destiny.
Some are ment to be retarded.
Example : A WoW addict.
tender121995 2 years ago
we wow players find that vary offensive :P
cuddlespoofps3 2 years ago
1st minute...... this mom is cool.
TheYellowAmerican 2 years ago
i play video games ALOT but i know how and can stop myself when i need to so im good its just interesting to see HOW people get addicted
gangstajacy 2 years ago
i quit wow and i feel so much better now
figet5 2 years ago 20
I don't have an addiction of computer gaming. It's more like I CAN quit.. It's more on the side of I don't want to. It's too much fun tbh. But Yes I do get of on occasion. I just get a kick out of gaming.
Darkvslighttall 2 years ago
I can quit anytime I want... Just not now I have a raid in 10mins
animewarrior16 2 years ago 3
I know how you feel\!
mathewpist4 2 years ago
People go on about how video games cause people to waste their lives on them. Hmm, maybe life wasn't to nice, maybe they found osmething they're actually good at, something they like to do.
Maybe life wasn't so nice when they were out there. Maybe life wasn't so giving. Now the people living in life, the life that put you in a hole, want you to get out of the thing your good at. THey want you back in the life that hurt you so much, the life that doesn't want you.
Life is a mean place.
Fedorisagod 2 years ago 45
Thank you for your insightful comment.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
Life is a mean place, but instead of trying to help make your life better and help make life better for those around you, you instead lose yourself in a virtual World that is beneficial to no one. Instead of doing something for good you would rather sit indoors all day and play in a fantasy World.
Wow, that's sad.
MyPersonalVendetta 2 years ago
@MyPersonalVendetta
It does benfit someone...It benefit's the game compony owners :P There all rich bastards
RuneFinity44 1 year ago
True true.
mariotaz 2 years ago
@Fedorisagod very well said but some people have wonderful lives but they just love to play but then again there are people who had a hard time in life.
SKATEpoop312 1 year ago
very well said but some people have wonderful lives but they just love to play but then again there are people who had a hard time in life.
SKATEpoop312 1 year ago
@Fedorisagod Mankind can bear very little reality - Oscar Wilde
rayblack2004 1 year ago
@Fedorisagod Good comment .
robertom2002 1 year ago
@Fedorisagod this man speaks truth. i suck at life and i know im gonna die with a controller in my hand. it's all i deserve
southsydney 1 year ago
I don't know about anyone else but my fingers have lost a tremendous amount of wieght.
seizoyamada 2 years ago
@seizoyamada lol
popsizcrazy 2 years ago
Yes it addiction and people do play way too much. I left my husband cause of these games. He has not held down a job for a year now and lives in his mothers basement. His is 45 years old and it's very sad to see. He plays RK all day and night long. I am very saddened to see this take over his life as he was a brilliant man....
ladyofthelake3 2 years ago 2
Wow, I'm sorry to hear that.
Perhaps you leaving him wasn't the best way to do. At least out of love for another human being you should have helped him attach himself to reality.
I used to play games a lot, I still can play for hours easily. But I started socializing and detaching myself from gaming. I stopped playing online (because its more convenient). I'm doing ok but I'm still sitting on the computer all day long, doing my job or a project. Hopefully I won't be in 25 years when I'm 45.
wildbloodydragon 2 years ago
imparing their life in anyway. LOL thats me
chrisbary 2 years ago
Life is about having fun if your fun is in videogames then play them all you want why do somthing you dont want to do. i love them and play them alot
xkillersnowman 2 years ago 2
Yeah that's what I thought when I was 16. Wasted a lotta time on that shit.
Life is about having fun, true, but it's also about exploring, and having BIG fun. Not sitting bored, switching from one video game to the other hoping for some fun.
wildbloodydragon 2 years ago
its not because the game is addicting, its the fact that the player has no life and should get therapy for having an addictive quality
pwnerguy123 2 years ago
Uhh, everyone has an addictive "quality". I mean EvErYbOdY! It's just how they can manage it. :)
ReignzOfBrainz 2 years ago
are u really so shallow as to believe that
Epox29 2 years ago
If I wasn't spending all my time playing video games, I would be doing something else that would impair my life. I could be sitting around just watching tv or doing drugs. At least Video Games are interactive.
cmhatte 2 years ago
Getting laid not on the list?
gothicme 2 years ago
and you get Exorcise from playing games, work those fingers boy!
ramedyou2 2 years ago 2
damn if you quit wiping yo ass after taking a shit just to do a raid thats when you know yo ass addicted
woodsta1992 2 years ago
We play for fun and play many games,a good gamer will know all the good servers of any game. If one can find a good server to play on and players who know what teamework is then you get the wow factor.
But it's all about the grey area of life and life is a real game, and it's how you play it but we have to work as a team first thats why I'm here right now.
With Out Wax H..................Cool info and a merry xmas and happy new year all.
UBUBBOO 2 years ago
It's not an addiction.
It's your raiding guild that want you to raid Mondays - Saturdays for 5 hours. -.-
joeysplit 2 years ago
That's an excellent point and true for many people.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
really inspiring i'm addicted to wow myself but this is helping me thanks for posting this :)
chinessgirl 2 years ago
I'm glad it's helpful :)
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
I do played video games alot but I also have a job 5 days a week, but I played when I come home from work.
AgentRaven77 2 years ago
Video game addiction is real and i know this because i was addicted to World of Warcraft for around a year. At the time i told myself that it wasnt really a problem but looking back i now know that it was a full blown addiction. My grades turned to shit friends thought i had dropped out and the only thing on my mind was WoW. Luckily i slowed down got my grades in line and graduated high school. My advice is keep doing what you love but don't pass up a real life opportunity for the game.
McStanky11 2 years ago
Great advice :-)
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
umm maybe they just like to play they dont need a reason maybe they just enjoy it
Takex2xProductions 2 years ago
Haha, there are always reasons why we enjoy things :-)
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
Urm, that is like saying there are always reasons for reasons. Takex2x is correct, you can do something because it feels good, is enjoyable (without it being a addiction). Saying there is always a reason for that really does not make sense in that context, unless it's just saying something for the sake of saying it. Unless I am missing some deeper meaning?
celelond 2 years ago
We need more room to write to do the subject of motivation justice. "Addiction" aside, we all play games because we enjoy the experience - we play for fun. But we can further define "fun" can't we? Some enjoy the competitive aspects or game strategy, some find socializing more fun. Some get the most fun out of developing their characters and being in a graphically beautiful environment. Most of us find it fun to leave stressful things behind and become immersed in something so different.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
Is a job required in life? if it brings you happiness then why not do it? We are all going to die. Which wins the big shot CEO that makes millions of dollars but is not happy with his life or the guy who plays video games all the time has not a worry and few wants in the world.
hungaryfish 2 years ago 2
so true man o wait crap i just lost five minutes i could have been playing lol
Takex2xProductions 2 years ago
What is normal? ehh?
Normal could mean anything...
shadowlord171 2 years ago 2
this has the equivilant addiction of marijuana...
NO PHYSICAL ADDICTION!!!
it's all in your head..
ArmyOf3 2 years ago 4
Those in your head addictions are still trouble. Lol you should meet my brother. He's addicted to weed and wow.
gamergirll 2 years ago
this is stupid, it is NOT a problem.
even if someone played 30 hours a day it wouldnt be a problem. its just fun!
entehrend 2 years ago
Hard to do, since there is only 24 hours in a day.
THExZAK 2 years ago
ur tarded man
ajr86bd 2 years ago
Being able to play 30 hours in a day would be Godly.
5starburrito 2 years ago
What pisses me off about all this. Is that no one takes into mind that, its what we enjoy doing. Let me put it this way: Loads of kids enjoy playing football/soccer/any sport They tend to play it for long periods of time. Why can't we do the same? If its different people suddenly start freaking out and saying this bullshit. Saying that we're "Anti-social" Lets see. We talk to people all across the world therefore we're "Anti-social"?
I could go on for a long time about this. Sorry for rambling.
mania619 2 years ago
Wow! Did you watch the vids? Because none of that is being said here...
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
@gamerchronicles Oh I didn't mean at this sorry. I mean in general. Many people tend to just jump to that.
mania619 2 years ago
Gotcha... :-)
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
exactly what i was thinking...
ggglat 2 years ago
@mania619 as long as you still talk to people around you then yes you are right,
but people are chodes, so ur gonna get shit for it
ArmyOf3 2 years ago
my reason for playing wow/any computer game would be after a long day its great to escape into a world where all my troubles can disappear, also i do see my friends outside of wow and i play with my school friends in wow.
gunsncrocker 2 years ago 9
@gunsncrocker
i agree
IplayGames92 2 years ago
I also find my Multiplayer online games a great way to meet interesting people, WoW is a very social game, and I too play w/ friends from school.
Gothicvampire17 2 years ago
I've made wonderful friends in MMOs (primarily L2) and we still stay in touch after 5 years on FB.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
perfectly said *same thing with me*
avoenthepally 2 years ago
finally an expert that has actually played games, not some lady who just thinks its bad and makes false accusations about it.
Climo55 2 years ago
I don't see why people go crazy about people who play games alot. Kids are praised when they read alot or play lots of sports. It's all a form of entertainment. Some people read, some play sports, some play music, some play video games. There is no more a gaming addict than there is a reading addict or a sports addict.
slipknot817 2 years ago
I can't quit WoW, just can't :P
dksftwpwned 2 years ago
its impossible m8 shouldnt even think about it these days xD
wtfisabank 2 years ago
is it normal to get an erection whilst playing wow?
RemzRollerGlen 2 years ago
I wouldn't know - I've never had it happen personally :P
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
uh.... no, no its not =)
197Callum 2 years ago
i WAS addicted until my friend accidentally dropped my laptop down a staircase, i too young oto work but i dotn miss school or avoid friends or anything too play wow. after my laptop broke i lived for a year withought it i then learned i dont need it to live.........i play 2 hours a day now and its in the morning so noone is up and i get to school ontime and all that
sakorazen 2 years ago
That's great that you manage your play well...there have been times when I haven't managed mine.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
so is she trying to say being a mmo "addict" is just as bad as being a drug addict or alcholic?
iluvcucumbers 2 years ago
If you watch the vids you'll see I'm not judging...I still play games. Dozens of people write me every month identifying themselves as having problems with addiction. It's not up to me to judge.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
I play games 24/7 but i dont say im addicted i mean like it not like im skipping school or not going to work to play games thats just retarded XD
brunyee 2 years ago
lol but what i have a problem is that people that have no idea of what it feels like or has no idea what the gamer thinks about that game should not judge
GrimDimensions 2 years ago
I agree with you.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
I play wow alot. But I can quit when ever I want
millsy1804 2 years ago 3
anything can be addictive, as long as you can use play or watch it its addictive, and yes online games are addictive, i've been at one point and i could be upo 24 hours at a time on it, im glad i don't anymore
godwings101 2 years ago
my problems is that all of my mates do drugs and drink a LOT and they're only 15.
Thats not my sort of thing cause the last thing i wanna do is get arressted for something my mates have done.
KillKrazy666 2 years ago
addiction is relative to the views of outsiders
Askorvorn 2 years ago
I've been playing WoW for several years now, got about 30 days play time all together, I have a fantastic job, a beatiful girlfriend and a incredible 2 year old son, in modern day society people just love to point the blame, just think, why do they play so much? BECAUSE IT'S ENJOYABLE. Same reason people eat chocolate because they like to eat it. Same reason people may do football or something because they enjoy it
MrSmashface 2 years ago
It's great that you manage your play so well! Unfortunately, not everyone can...I couldn't.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
In regards to her speaking about "player motivation" she never mentions what 90% of people think : The Games are FUN :) Sure people do get addicted, but it's their own fault if they can't shut the PC/console down and go out a bit.
ns4hg 2 years ago
The interesting part to me is defining "fun" and determining from a motivational standpoint what makes them fun. It's different for everyone.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
I stay inside on my computer because my I hate my neighbourhood, you just cant go outside feeling safe. If I moved house I would go out a hell of alot more.
thefallendevil 2 years ago
its funny people only represent problems to what they believe. IE I think you play to much. But if your handicap and have nothing else to do all day. I dont think thats too much?
She needs to stop blaming games and blame the kids.
Kingwinman 2 years ago
I don't "blame" anyone. It's a complicated interactive process...and a lot of people (the majority) are able to manage their play responsibly. I still play games - just not MMOs.
gamerchronicles 2 years ago
Drugs. Guns. Teen Pregnancy. Addiction.
They always blame it on the drugs, guns, magazines, movies etc.
Dude, what the fuck has happened to our society where it is acceptable to blame everything except the individual and the parents?
Raise your damn kid so that they aren't so easily influenced and lacking self-control.
I wasn't raised like that and had to battle drug addiction for 5 years. It was a waste of life, but in the end I gained the self-control no one ever taught me on my own.
FreeCaffeine 2 years ago 18