Topic: Video Game Addiction, a very real problem. - page 3. (Read 1099 times)

I am a hardcore gamer during my early days. I skip classes, asking money from my grandma to buy Playstation games, etc. (I still have the classic PS1 console sitting on my archives lol). My parents are against me from playing video games during class season, but I disobeyed and keep playing. When my parents are in their respective offices, I started playing. Until I hear the car parking outside, I immediately stopped and going to the living room reading textbooks lol. I would never forget those days haha.

In college, I remember that my dad caught me playing in a computer shop and threatened me to stop going to school anymore and considering me to take up priesthood. But my mom pleaded to my dad to give me just one more chance, and he did, but with reduced allowance and hiring a “spy” to make sure I am not tempted to go to computer shops and play games until I’ve graduated after 6 1/2 years in college (I was almost kicked out twice back then because of so many failing grades than passing ones in the report card).

It’s a very real problem indeed, until esports and innovative ways of making money by playing video games (especially blockchain games) come to life. Right now, I just occasionally play games while spending most of the time on working on the crypto projects and chillng around in coffee shops while following minimum health standards.

Yes, today developer creates video games to earn money the same time get information from us users. That is what I believe in that sometimes I am worried at the same time I don't care about it because there are many different reasons the developers earn money from us playing the game for free as same for those paid game they make money from users who spend so much to level up.  

I would say those are the ones who are hooked in my point of view if they pay for kinds of stuff in the game without earning back I would say it's a waste and not a waste if you earn more from your job, it is their job as a human to be entertained.

Grinding gamers are the ones who love video games as we can't stop them. That would up to them how they will do it while doing things they must do as part of the society in the world of reality.

As I consider my self a gamer at one point, not that that much I don't know how to explain, I would share that sometimes reality sucks as we see it as an escape, is from playing video games sometimes that game is just so addicting.

I would say that it's possible for some gamblers who only appear to be addicted to beat their "addiction" through sheer self-control, as it's purely psychological, while an alcoholic would have more trouble as alcohol addiction is mostly physiological. Again, some video game addicts are able to play in moderation if they choose other games than they were addicted to.

Some moderation-gamers will be only able to play adventure games without the risk of getting addicted again, while others addicted to World of Warcraft can just choose any other MMORPG that isn't WoW.

Would you say the same to a person with a gambling addiction or an alcoholic? The problem here is that the brain is working different for the addicts. They are graving for the state of mind during gambling
Once you cross that threshold its very hard to stop and go back. In my opinion only complete stop can really help here, best to sell the console again to minise the risk of a relapse.

I'm a gamer and while I'm not addicted to video games, I think that the problem is overblown as most people should be able to beat their video game addiction through sheer self-control.

Even if you play games for entertainment everything extra is harmful. computer game addiction is basically a really real problem Once you become hooked into the sport it's very difficult to urge out of now. That's why we all need to play games within our limits I feel children are more addicted than adults After becoming so hooked into watching games on everything  Although he was allowed to play for entertainment he became addicted after a short time.

It’s certainly up for debate but too much of anything is bad for you. ‘Gaming’ is a form of entertainment just like numerous other forms of entertainment so it can be useful to switch off sometimes and do something you enjoy. But yes, I agree that too much of anything is not good for you and especially when it becomes an addiction.

I have caught myself playing video games due to addiction.
You initially start playing video games because you will feel relaxed and you want to entertain yourself.
I really don't know how to stop this addiction as it becomes a routine after sometime and you cannot quit it.

Everyone chooses how to spend their free time, but remember that people of the older generation always try to limit us from video games as a little useful activity. It's better to replace video games with reading or sports. The benefits will be much greater.

Sure, keep on believing that if you kept writing posts for $1 a piece all day, every day, you'd be a millionaire. Its a simple math, I'm sure you can do it and find out how much you'd have if you dedicated all your free time to bounties.

As for the games, we already have virtual reality. The next step will be virtual reality that simulates the real world and after that we'll have virtual reality where you control everything with your mind, without the need for any manual controllers. When we achieve that people will stop leaving their homes. You'll be fed through a tube and spend all day doing whatever you like doing.

I completely agree. If each of us all the time spent on entertainment (not only games) spent, for example, on bounty campaigns, we would all be $ millionaires now. But the human body is arranged differently, we all want to have fun

I think it is fine as long as you are having fun.

We are all addicts to something in the end. I'd say videogames is one of the most harmless addictions out there. At least you don't harm your own body like you do it with drugs and alcohol.

You lose your time which you could spend on something productive but who cares, you are having fun and that's what counts.

Btw in some games it is possible to make shitton of real money. You just need to learn how. It is not that your work disappears even if it is in a game. There are many rich kids with unlimited credit cards who are willing to buy your hard work for real money.

When you think about it, life is just another game. If money is you are after, you just need to find the most effective farming method. If it is fun you want, you don't care about money and do whatever you want.

*I am playing wow lately and making a killing there on the AH.  

Video games not only take your money and time, but also affect your health. I know it well, because I started playing ZX Spectrum. Nowadays I don't spend a minute on games. Try to limit the time your children play video games if you want them to be healthy.

Gaming addiction isn't very different from any other additions like alcoholism, drug addiction, food addiction or compulsive gambling. in fact, any possible addiction is a disorder of the brain's reward system. Some people can't consider video game addiction as a real problem because computer games are legal unlike drugs or alcohol in some countries.

Substitute 'television' for 'video games', and this is a discussion that took place half a century and more ago. The 'new thing' will always be a threat and be seen as a corrupting influence.

Gaming can indeed produce problems such as addiction, and it can manipulate people and extract money unethically through incentivising micro-transactions. It has problems and can be exploited by ruthless companies, yes. But it also offers huge benefits and opportunities. There is some evidence that it improves concentration and co-ordination, as in this study of the performance of surgeons. Multi-player games also offer the opportunity of interacting with and making friends with people around the globe. I won't go into an exhaustive list (there's a few more points here), I'm just saying there are good points as well as bad.

But the games themselves... there is a huge variety, catering for all tastes. There is some tremendous writing, some great educational and artistic content, and a lot of intellectual challenge. Compare it with the best and worst of television. But of course this is gaming, so it's all hugely interactive, too.

Not convinced? Take a look at these few links:

The Witness
Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Educational Mode
Kentucky Route Zero
The Talos Principle

...or even just play 10 minutes of Red Dead Redemption 2, and you'll experience a profound immersion in the last days of the Wild West that can't be achieved through text books or TV documentaries, or even by physically visiting tourist-choked Wild West ghost towns.

The point is not to prohibit something (in this case, games), but to enlighten people.
People need to wake up, because many people sleep.

no they are designed to be fun, if video games where designed to suck, no one would have bought them, and the industry would have never grew to the size it became today, people play video game instead of going to vacation, nature benefits massively from that as many urban and also rural people leave nature alone and dont visit it.

Video games are really a big problem.  Although it has become a public game of entertainment, it is slowly becoming addictive.  Those of us who play video games control what we should then play.

So is social media, YouTube videos, movies etc. Every generation has their own kinds of traps and luxuries. Before all these there were radios. Even before there were other things. Human mind loves stimulation, even on death bed it takes fun on seeing own heart ecg graph going up and down lol.

Video game addiction is a very serious problem it’s purpose is for entertainment only. The problem with other people that become addicted to this is they cannot control to play, being sad of the time of not playing the game. It is our own doing of being addicted and we must set limits and focus on other things that will improve your abillity and other skills that we might enjoy.