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Game Addiction - Articles
The Xbox Conundrum - Is Video Game Addiction for Real?
by
Cory Huff
Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:43pm
Is video game addiction real? It depends on who you ask. Psychologists and sociologists are debating this question as we speak.
I've had lots of people searching for answers to this question on my blog. Men love video games, right? In my last post about video games I mentioned that for many men it's not an addiction, it's just a passionate
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Increased Fears about Video Game Addiction
by
CMCH
Posted
Thu 09 Apr 2009 7:14pm
November 13 brought the release of "World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King," an expansion of the hugely popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). According to the Telegraph, lines started forming 18 hours before the midnight release in London. This popularity has helped renew concerns about video game addiction
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Gaming: The Exhilaration and the Addiction
by
Vanessa Van Petten
Posted
Tue 23 Feb 2010 10:02pm
extreme cases of video game addiction. Most of my friends aren’t addicted per se, rather they are bored. We sit in an AP class, have some of the highest grades in the class, and we... to destroy the Flood, the alien enemies in the world of Halo. Nearly every teen that has ever played videogames, has played Halo. And most teens know of it. Video games have permeated
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Computer Gaming: Recovery and Treatment for Addicts
by
Patsi K.
Posted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 9:02pm
I'm a big advocate of computer games for keeping your brain healthy and young. But in spite of Stephen Johnson's book with the intriguing name and subject matter of Everything Bad for You is Good, I know that some people can get addicted to computer games.
As someone who has remained alcohol free for the last 20 years, I am attracted
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Nearly 1 in 10 Kids Addicted to Video Games
by
netventures
Posted
Tue 21 Apr 2009 12:34am
A new study published today found that more than 8 percent of American kids ages 8 to 18 are addicted to video games. Impacts of video game addiction include doing less homework, lying about how much you play, and being unable to cut back on the hours spent in front of the game.
“Although the general public uses the word ‘addiction,’ clinicians
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8.5% of US Youths Who Play Video Games Show Multiple Signs of Addiction
by
Bill W.
Posted
Thu 14 May 2009 4:58pm
U.S. Youths Addicted to Video Games, Study Finds – washingtonpost.com
A new study concludes that children can become addicted to playing video games, with some skimping... States on the subject, researcher Douglas Gentile of Iowa State University found that 8.5 percent of American youths ages 8 to 18 who play video games show multiple signs
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I am addicted to online games
by
Laura
Posted
Mon 17 Aug 2009 10:06pm
Due to the amount of stress I’ve been going through I have been wasting too much time with online games istead of blogging. First it was the TribalWars now it is Snods from twitter. I’m aware that I’m losing precious time but guess what…I like playing those games.
What about you? Do you play online games? Are you playing Snods?
Random
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Facebook, E-mail, Games, and Porn – A glimpse at Computer addiction
by
Adi Jaffe
Posted
Sun 18 Apr 2010 12:00am
Contributing co-author: Andrew Chen
The idea of the internet being addictive may draw a chuckle until you realize that compulsive video gaming... Facebook, Myspace). Chat rooms and MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) are especially addicting as they allow a user to instantly communicate with hundreds
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