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 “Is video game addiction real?”

Why was it made?

The aim of this particular study is to look at the longer terms and impact when it comes to people that have a particular relationship with video games and how playing video games for a period of time can do to a person over time

 

, in this article it was based off of a six year study, the longest study ever done on video game addiction, and

It’s very rare  

it’s also found that 90% of gamers do not play in a way that is harmful or causes negative long term consequences and it’s actually a significant minority, though it’s still very bad because of how people can get truly addicted to video games and as a result can suffer mentally, socially and behaviorally.

Start of his journey 

In the first story of this article it was about a guy named Charlie Bracke and he was just a normal guy that was playing video games since he was young at the age of 5

 

, he was playing old 2D games and many others, In his teenage years he become more obsessed with online shooters, but like many of us he wasn’t addict he would still get good grades and finish he’s homework on his way on the bus so he can play as much video games when he came home, he’s parents kept telling him to stop playing so much but he didn’t listen, 

 

 

 

No responsibilities 

when he went to college everything changed there was no one to hold him accountable for his action eventually he stopped going to class and he dropped out of college

 

and moved back to his parents’ house, when I read this it really shows that a lot of people can be really irresponsible when there is no one to tell them what they’re doing is wrong.

Neglecting your family life

When they ask the parents if video game addiction is real, they would say yes because they will be watching their kids play all day every day for hours on end neglecting the real world and their friends and family, but what would experts say if this is a real addiction like alcohol or drug addiction.

 

Video game addiction is not included in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, in my opinion it should be because even though video game addiction is very little it should be considered one, but the world health organization also recognizes gaming disorder in its most current state as an disease.

Scheming

Some game manufacturers actually even boast about the “addictive” experience of their games with their advertising which I can’t really blame them because the more people that play and the longer they play the games means the game does way better for the long run for the company.

 

The article also discusses how video game addiction is a worldwide issue and it’s not just only in the west, in some

World-wide issue 

 Asian countries such as china and south Korea have seen and identified that video game addiction is a very realy thing and as an urgent public health matter.

 

 

 

 

 

Themes

No accountability           Global

It’s very rare                   World-wide issue

No responsibilities 

 

Anti-social                        Inception

Neglecting family            Start of his journey 

 

Manipulation

Scheming 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

  1. Cian O'Dwyer14 March 2021 at 19:03

    Very interesting David. I never actually thought about the addiction of gaming but you really opened my mind. I love how you linked the articles so I can go and check it out. I'm looking forward to reading more off of you.
    Kind regards
    Cian.

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