Video Games Aren’t Addictive

SpaceObama · 2017-04-02T23:42:25+00:00

I have seen so many people lose their scholarships and grades to League of Legends and World of Warcraft.

Video games are as addicting as gambling. Sure there's no chemical being injected. But spend some time in a casino and tell me they are not addicted.

linkwaker10 · 2017-04-03T00:26:13+00:00

Treat a video game like you consume any other healthy media, with moderation. Video games can teach leadership and teamwork via guilds/missions or are its own experience like a story.

Where it gets real messy is in the competitive sense; risks get higher and people get stuck in it wasting lots of time for the thrill of succeeding in the community. For the most part it's the social and dopamine conditioning that 'addiction' becomes a real cause of concern in people.

While there is the escapism aspect w/dopamine conditioning - there's nothing like external validation and high risks that gets people hooked. Just like gambling.

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slappydapussy · 2017-04-03T03:41:53+00:00

Actually a person can become addicted to any object or activity. This is called a psychological addiction. The real question is whether or not video games serve as a substantially higher risk to someone becoming psychologically addicted and then whether or not this is harmful to the individual which would very based on innate risk of harm and level of addiction. For further information research psychological addictions. There are plenty of examples of a habit turning into something more. Once read how someone was addicted to eating toilet paper.

In my opinion no research has shown video games to have a higher addiction potential to the average person than drinking soda.

If an individual becomes addicted to video games or something silly like toilet paper eating then this is a sign of more serious, deeper issues at 'play'.

Edit: I will add that time at play is not indicative of an addiction. Many more factors need to be considered.

Title	Video Games Aren’t Addictive
Author	wordjedi
Upvotes	5
Comments	11
Date	April 2, 2017 11:40 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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