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Ole C  Brudvik

PlanetPapers - Virtual Addiction - 0 views

  • Computer game companies have proven that people under eighteen years of age play video games to a point of addiction because they want to evade pressures in their lives (“The Fantasy World ” 3). People often consider a job or their family life to be boring and tedious. A video game takes away that feeling by giving gamers a feeling of excitement. “Many people who are video game addicts are those who feel they have boring, mundane lives. Through gaming, they can experience the excitement that they feel they are lacking in their real lives” (Geggis 1). However, the idea of escaping the reality of work or family soon turns into neglect as the gamer becomes more addicted (Scheeres 7). People forget about their jobs and their families and only focus about the game. “I heard about a woman who left her child in the car because she was anxious to get to the next level in The Sims. The child was left there for two hours in a boiling car. I was disgusted when I read that” (Personal Interview). An addiction to computer games causes people to ignore things that can be very important. People escape from daily routines through playing computer games that are exciting and entertaining. Video games are addictive because they cause people to get away from reality.
  • computer games are addictive because they create challenges that can be overcome.
Ole C  Brudvik

Unhealthy Gaming Habits and Addiction - 1 views

  • Similar to substance addictions, online gaming addictions are triggered by Individuals' needs to substitute real-life human connections, which they are unable to achieve normally. Through a virtual fantasy world and real people connected by the internet, MMORPGs allow these people to create these human connections. This may be one reason why people are easily addicted to these games; they need to substitute real interpersonal relationships with virtual ones through a game.
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    This is similar line of thoughts with the article I shared recently.
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