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schimmetje
Netherlands1104 Posts
I'm going to withhold further comment until this is actually aired, but my first instinct is "oh good, this old horse again". It's been proper beaten, but I guess we've got to do something for viewers (no bias, ha). And if that's the way they're going with this.. well sigh guys. Just sigh. But who knows! We'll see. | ||
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Fredoq
Sweden206 Posts
On December 03 2010 08:05 holdthephone wrote: I don't think games are addictive, people who need to play them in an addictive manner are just filling some hole in their life. It can be said for many other activities as well. Kids who are socially inept , afraid of failure, or aren't motivated to face life will procrastinate from what's important in any way possible. A game doesn't have nicotine, you can't say it is addictive because doing so ignores the real troubles an individual may be facing. The only reason this subject gets attention is because video games have a bad stigma in today's society. I knew socially akward kids when I was younger who would literally sit and read harry potter all day, including re-reading. But no, there's no problem with those kids! They are reading! This. ^ You nailed it xd! I was kinda addicted but now that i got a gf i dont play so much anymore ^^ | ||
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ProTech_MediC
United States498 Posts
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CaptTerrible
United States72 Posts
So is gaming addictive? Sure it is, so is just about everything. Is that necessarily bad? Well in comparison to other addictions I would say it is pretty tame, your not going to die from video game withdrawals. But I don't think anyone here would argue that there isn't a potential for damage, and personally, I don't think baning video games or limiting hours is going to fix the problem. In the end I'm still left wondering, what caused the addiction in the first place? And are we trying to treat the symptoms or the cause? | ||
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Leviwtf
174 Posts
As someone said earlier people have used wow to fill voids in their life or simply escape from life itself. I don't know if addiction is the correct word, but when this happens people play a TON, and everything else in their life suffers, so its pretty similar effects as being addicted to other things. | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
I remember during my freshman year of college several students who I knew who snowflaked out in their very first semester just because of WoW alone. And then some kids stayed in school... but still played WoW all day. My boyfriend's roomie in freshman year was playing wow 100% of the time if he wasn't in class. I don't think he slept, or *ever* left the room aside from going to class. I'm not addicted to any one game in particular... but I spend a LOT of time parked on my ass in front of my computer. | ||
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morsX
United States9 Posts
Here is a better question: How screwed up is society that people opt to spend more time in a virtual world? | ||
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optical630
United Kingdom768 Posts
cold outside? games rainy outside? games EXTREME heat outside? games cant sleep? games sick/ill? games | ||
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Straught
Mexico157 Posts
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
Its just the course of nature | ||
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Axiom0
63 Posts
The point is that video games have seriously messed up some people's lives, and will continue to do so. Awareness needs to spread to the public about these incidents. Psychologists need to look into video games and explain why they are causing these detrimental effects (and I have no doubt that many already have started research in this area). | ||
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
Gaming is not an addiction, it's a preference of life. Fuck old people. | ||
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muse5187
1125 Posts
On December 04 2010 01:56 Leviwtf wrote: Its a wow problem not a video game problem. I don't think I've ever heard of someone being addicted to games that was not wow or some other similar MMORPG type game. As someone said earlier people have used wow to fill voids in their life or simply escape from life itself. I don't know if addiction is the correct word, but when this happens people play a TON, and everything else in their life suffers, so its pretty similar effects as being addicted to other things. There is this little game called Starcraft Brood War not sure if you have ever heard of it. Anyhow seeing as I've spent on average of 20hours a week playing it since 2001, I'm pretty sure that PLENTY of games are just as addicting if not more than WoW. WoW only had my attention a few months but scbw? Many years. | ||
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
On December 04 2010 01:17 Fredoq wrote: This. ^ You nailed it xd! I was kinda addicted but now that i got a gf i dont play so much anymore ^^ do you feel addicted to your gf? would she call you clingy? make a note of trying to notice it. if you were addicted before you might have issues that will make you feel dependent or attach to her. Then again some kids just dont have much to do in life, or are bored and unmotivated, so they play games to busy themselves until something interesting might come up. A distinction should be made between this and addiction. | ||
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Duskbane
United States178 Posts
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muse5187
1125 Posts
On December 04 2010 05:09 Duskbane wrote: A hobby isn't an addiction. It's not putting chemicals in your body and forcing you to do it. An addiction doesn't require chemicals, nor does any drug/substance "force you" to do anything. | ||
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kataa
United Kingdom384 Posts
On December 04 2010 05:11 muse5187 wrote: An addiction doesn't require chemicals, nor does any drug/substance "force you" to do anything. Actually addiction in the medical sense it does. You're not going to find doctors vouching for the 'symptoms' of your WoW addiction, the same way they will your heroin addiction. But really, awesomely well throught through and totally intelligent point. | ||
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muse5187
1125 Posts
On December 04 2010 05:14 kataa wrote: Actually addiction in the medical sense it dose. You're not going to find doctors vouching for the 'symptoms' of your WoW addiction, the same way they will your heroin addiction. But really, awesomely well throught through and totally intelligent point. Yeah because gambling, sex, and over eating are not addictions that are dealt with in the medical field. Also learn to spell and use the correct form of words, you come off as a dumbass. | ||
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Brotatolol
United States1742 Posts
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kataa
United Kingdom384 Posts
On December 04 2010 05:15 muse5187 wrote: Yeah because gambling, sex, and over eating are not addictions that are dealt with in the medical field. They're delt with in a totally different ways, and saying otherwise is either stupidity or hyperbole. No one is saying psychological addiction doesn't exist, but it's not the same damn thing. There is no methadone as a perscribed medical treatment for over eating. What do you perscribe, giving them smaller cup cakes? | ||
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