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Does gaming addiction exist?
Hi Everyone,
I’m conducting a study as part of my MSc into understanding gaming behaviour from the point-of-view of gamers.
Your opinions, ideas and stories would be helpful on the following topics;
• Does gaming addiction exist?
• How would you describe your own gaming behaviour?
Anything else you would like to add that would help to get a discussion started.
Thank you for your help.
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Yes it does exist very much so in fact. Which is why some people play certain games for 12-15 hours a day ignore social and end up in trouble with work. I myself dont play much.
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Gaming addiction exist. But actually you can get addicted to almost anything.
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Like addicted to watching movies/tv shows like me :P
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Originally Posted by thedeparted
Like addicted to watching movies/tv shows like me :P
amongst other
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Gaming addiction is completely real. Go on youtube and you can find loads of videos of peoples' lives ruined because of their WOW addiction. I myself was addicted to WOW. I would play all day every day until my computer crashed a year back, making it unable to handle the game.
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There can be addictions developed for a lot of things, not just gaming. But gaming is one of those activities that is so easily to be addicted to, more specifically addicted to a game. As aforementioned, WoW is one of the most notable games to which people get addicted.
It's all about how much escapism a game offers the gamer, and how much mental strength one has. If one with weak mental strength plays a game that offers a massive sense of immersion and escapism, then that person will be hooked to that game, quite easily. You get my drift.
I like to think that I have a strong head, and I manage to keep my priorities in order. I was a WoW player myself a few years back, for about 3 or 4 years, not necessarily for consecutive months. I used to massively enjoy playing, but on a day where I wasn't going out, I'd still only play about 6 hours, spread over like 2 sessions. And I wouldn't necessarily play every day of the week. But in total, I played quite a bit, but not to the level that people would see as addiction.
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Yeah, it probably does exist, but most people don't have it. Most people that are addicted play more than 10 hours almost daily.
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I'm sure it does. It's the next stage after gaming obsession.
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If you think gaming addiction does not exist, check this out:
Man dies playing Diablo 3
Unbelievable
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