Yesterday, news of the identification by Swiss doctors of a new video-game-related skin condition called "PlayStation palmar hidradenitis" made the rounds of such sites as Discover.com and BBC News online. Today, in a statement to MCV, Sony has officially addressed the potential health concerns resulting from extended PlayStation use: We firmly believe that video gaming is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 16, 2009
In an effort to combat the growing (and highly controversial) threat of online gaming addiction, the Chinese government will soon be requiring the use of real names when registering online MMO accounts.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
According to an interesting story, run by BBC News, compulsive gamers are apparently not addicts. Hurray, for stating the obvious in a mainstream source of news! These statements are apparently not to be taken lightly, as they're backed by Keith Bakker, the founder and head of The Smith & Jones Centre in Amsterdam, which has treated [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 18, 2008
In light of recent examples of marathon gaming and its consequences, it seems plausible enough that what some see as gaming "dedication" might begin to border upon something a bit more sinister: addiction. Well, if you think you might have such an addiction or know someone who does and you happen to live in Vietnam, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
While some WoW players managed to ignore sleep and the pressing needs of their bodies to accomplish awesome-but-still-sort-of-sad things, some weren’t so lucky. Over in Sweden, one such unlucky customer happened to be a 15-year-old boy. The boy (whose name hasn’t been revealed due to his age) had been playing Wrath of the Lich King with [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Video games, as we're all keenly aware, are the work of the devil himself. Murder simulators and hypnotic pornographic smut-fests, the lot of them. The filthmongers who produce them are awful men who only seek to profit off of the downfall of society; Lord knows I'm only interested in games because I'm paid for it. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 7, 2008
Over at Gamasutra, Neils Clark has a compelling follow-up to his an earlier article about addiction in gaming. It seems as though every few weeks or so, gamers are confronted with another expert ranting about addiction in the gaming world and the detrimental effects of too many raids in World of Warcraft.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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