Video game addiction

having video games (Addictions.com/video-games), it is not surprising that video game addiction runs rampant throughout children and even some adults. From wanting to play it as much as possible to playing it all the time, there is no easy way around it. Though it is not like a drug addiction, it can have major health, financial, and general life risks. This is why prevention should be important; if it is not stopped now, it will only get worse when more games are created in the future. Video…

For the Love of the game; how video game addiction impacts adult’s lives Femi B. Ayinde RGS6035.E1 Dr. Richey Amberton University October, 2014 Personal Journey I have loved video games since I was a child. I can remember playing video games 8-10 hours straight on a daily basis. My mother use to yell at me for playing video games all day and forced me to take a break just so I could eat. It was something about good video games that captured your attention and lead you to keep…

Addiction is very complex. It can be described as a series of damaging activities one does to themselves, that negatively impacts their individual life and the lives of those around them (NIDA 2012). Addiction can be further classified as the repeated action or ingestion of something that alerts one’s mood. Video game addiction is described as an impulse control disorder, similar to pathological gambling (UPH 2016). The concept of Internet addiction as a disorder was initially proposed by Ivan…

warning signs that others can see to tell if an individual has a gaming addiction. There are features of video game addiction that can be in the criteria for diagnosing the addiction. Principles of Addiction and King, Delfabbro, and Griffiths (2013) states that there are 6 features that are criteria include: Salience, Mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, relapse, and harm. Salience comes around when playing video games is all the person can think about, it starts to dominate thoughts,…

life that caused me to learn a lesson was when I had a video game addiction at the start of high school, which caused me to experience bad grades, poor health, and little to no friends. My video game addiction had me playing games for so long that I would put off my school assignments leading to me having a .1 GPA for that year. When I started high school I was 4,9 and 180lbs At the end of my freshman year with the help of constant video games and a less then healthy diet I ended up being 4,11…

(Gartner). According to Gartner video game console hardware and software, online, mobile and PC games, reach $79 billion in 2012, and $93 billion in 2013, and the market is forecast to reach $111 billion by 2015. Although it may be beneficial to companies, since they are making money and getting rich, it also causes a negative impact on the society such as students from all ages. Students should stop playing video games because due to the effect that video games cause addiction, it distracts…

Video Game Addiction Raise your hand if you play video games. A little history on video games is that video games first came out in homes in 1972, according to the book Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (Wolf, 2012). I think many of us are aware of video game addictions but may not think much of it. Video game addictions are a serious problem with many consequences. Video games, especially in college, can be a break from your classes or just something fun to do in your free time.…

I) Introduction It is hard to believe that, over the last decade, video game has earned its place in many fields of our society, such as economy, media, entertain,....Despite all the bad reputation, which say videogame is bad for young children, it quickly become a money –drenched industry, even surpasses the movie when put the sales scales annually. Nevertheless, video game’s development also causes many problems, which usually come from its addictive effects. What is more, according to recent…

Video game addiction Video games are turning people into zombies! Video games have lasted in our society for a long period of time.Video game adiction has a major im Video games have been around for awhile now, and over the years they have only becoming more and more addictive. Video game addiction is not only a major problem in our our country ,but in the whole world because there are many factors which includes major video game companies making the content of video games so addictive on…

Combating Video Game Addiction Games are everywhere, on computers, tablets, and phones. Seventy-two percent of teens play video games(Lenhart). One out of ten teens are addicted to video games, playing about forty hours a week, compared to an average player of eight hours a week(Growing). Signs that teens are gaming addicts are increasing numbers of hours playing, telling lies in order to hide gaming problem, feeling more irritable when confronted, etc(Rauh). These addictions can lead to…