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What to Do?

Thursday, 04 June 2009 04:26 administrator
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Video game addiction is a complex psychological phenomenon. For people who being bothered by video game addiction, either as parents/friends or as game players yourself, we are compiling information on what you can do to improve the situation.

In the meanwhile, whether you are a parent of a kid who plays video game or/and you plays video games yourself, we would like to hear your story and thoughts about video game.

If you are a parent, please share your experience (either successful or less successful) on parenting your child on the issue of video game. Many other parents are facing the same problem and they may benefit from your experience.

If you are a game player, please also share your story on the effect of video game on your real-life in positive or negative ways.

You can help others by sharing your story now!

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 June 2009 21:13 )
 

Is Video Game Good or Bad?

Sunday, 31 May 2009 23:00 administrator
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This is a very controversial topic. Instead of trying to give a yes/no answer, we collected arguments for and against video game playing around the Internet. 

Whether you are a gamer who loves video game with all your heart, or a worried parent who has a child addicted to video game, hopefully you can find some argument you can agree upon and have a chance to think about those arguments you don’t agree to.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 23:22 )
 

Possilbe Symptoms of Video Game Addiction

Sunday, 31 May 2009 21:10 administrator
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Over time, have you or your child been spending much more time thinking about playing video game, learning about video-game playing, or planning the next opportunity to play?

Do you or your child spend more and more time and/or money on video games in order to feel the same amount of excitement?

Those are two sample symptoms of video game addiction according to a study reported in Gentile 2009 Psychological Science.

There were 11 similar questions in their study as reported in the paper. If your answer is "Yes" to 6 or more of those questions, you are classified as a pathological gamer (video game addict) according to the criterion of that particular study.

Those 11 symptom-related questions are put into the survey on the right side of this page.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 23:21 )
 

Who Should be Concerned?

Sunday, 31 May 2009 04:30 administrator
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If you are a parent of a teen, it's almost certain that you are a parent of a video game player. Almost all (97%) teens play video game, as revealed in a study by Pew Internet Project in 2008.

If the 2009 National Study on video game addiction in America youth is valid, then about 8.5% of America youth is addicted to video game.

I think every parent of young kid(s) should be aware of this issue.

On the other hand, video game addiction is not limited to youth. For one of the most popular MMORPG game "World of Warcraft", statistics have shown that players spend in average 22.7 hours playing the game and the average age of player is 28.3.

We are facing challenges and maybe opportunies given by this prevalent form of entertainment in digital age. How does video game affect the daily life of ours and that of our next generation? Nobody has a comprehensive and definitive answer. Information on this website, mainly collected from around the Internet, hopefully is going to help you to get a better understand of the issue.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 23:21 )
 

What is Video Game Addiction?

Sunday, 31 May 2009 04:18 administrator
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"Video game addiction, or more broadly video game overuse, is excessive or compulsive use of computer and video games that interferes with daily life. Instances have been reported in which users play compulsively, isolating themselves from, or from other forms of, social contact and focusing almost entirely on in-game achievements rather than broader life events."

--Wikipedia: Video Game Addiction

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 23:21 )
 



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