Are video games addictive?
The American Medical Association isn't ready to rank this substance-free habit in the same category with, say, compulsive gambling. But you've surely heard the horror stories - and some of them are pretty horrible.
There's that guy who played "StarCraft" to death in South Korea. There's that Reno couple that neglected their kids in favor of "Dungeons & Dragons Online." The gamer culture acknowledges the addictive nature of these games (dubbing "World of Warcraft" "World of Warcrack"), even though the shrink world doesn't yet.
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The ability to have control over an entertainment form is addicting in itself. It's easy to do and it's not physically demanding.
I wouldn't rank it as an illness though. Just like many other mis-classified "addictions", it's the fault of the user and not genetics or some other hoaky reason.
it can be educational used for exercise for the hands, and a great social activity
you have to know 2 kinds of addicts.
there are the "i don't care about anything, i just want the next hit" addicts who don't think about the consequences.
then there's the "i want to quit, but i can't" addicts.
every videogamer thinks all the vg horror stories involve the first type, and that it all depends on the person and they should quit on their own.
but many addicted gamers are the second type. they know their addiction is hurting them emotionally/mentally/socially/ physically, but they can't stop. they want to quit, but the urge for the next hit of adrenaline makes them unable to quit on their own.
this is the type of gamer addict i wish our industry concentrated on. anything can be an addiction, but don't shove to the side videogame addiction.
we always complain about how we want the media/everyone to take our medium of choice seriously, but how are we going to do that when we can't even take a serious subject such as addiction in our medium seriously?
and i'm not making a case for the institutions cause i work for them (i don't), it's because i've lived it. I've gone down the drain, and without the help of my family, i would have done something stupid. it's a horrible feeling when you know something you love to do affects everything around you, but you do it anyways and feel horrible afterwards. with help, i have been able to control and moderate my addiction to healthy levels.
and i tell you it's real. it's really real. consider yourself lucky if you can mock this, i just wish you didn't go through what i've seen, what i have witnessed. both personally and as a friend to others who have fallen to this and other addictions.
It's human nature, everyone is addicted to something whether is be good or bad for society and the individual. Many are addicted to a wide array of addictions; to social networking, TV, others the internet, and some cross country running.
Might as well come out with Heroin Hero
im addicted to p*ssy