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No, Video Games ARE not an addiction, but they can be a psychiatric disorder, in the sense that you can get hyper focused and your brain will rewire itself to derive pleasure from achieving things in video games. And saying "I play for hours but know when to stop" is a legitimate defense. I love video games, I also love chocolate. Yes, I binge, but I also rock climb, bike, kayak, drive, and do manual labor, for fun. So when I decide to kick back and spend a weekend doing nothing but gaming, its equivalent to telling me I have a psychiatric disorder for camping for a weekend. However, if I quit my job to go camp because I hated the working life, that's another thing (and yet still somewhat more justifiable than a "gaming addiction"). ]]>Jun 27th 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/http://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/Jun 28th 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/http://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/
"The report says that up to 90% of American children play videogames and as many as 15% of them -- more than 5 million kids -- may be addicted."

15% is not exactly a convincing number and also there children. The youth is easier to influence I would understand if 90% of all adults were gaming addicts then that would be something but children? People are blaming video games for completely different problems. If the kid is addicted could he possibly have an addictive personality? No no noway! He has to have a psychiatric disorder let's blame the thing he is addicted too!

I play video games but I'm not addicted I hang out with my friends,go out,spend time with my loved ones. It is not something addictive the problem lies within the person themselves. ]]>Jul 14th 2007 11:33AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/http://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/Jun 28th 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/http://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/ What a crock!
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I FEEL THAT AT A CERTIN TIME OF THE DAY OR EVENING, THE ENTIRE VIDEO GAME SHOULD BE " SHUT OFF, UNPLUGED AND PUT AWAY " , WHEN THE CHILD DOES NOT RESPOND TO THIS....THAT IS WHEN THE CHILD BECOMES HYPER ACTIVE AND REALLY OUT OF CONTROL !

I SAY THIS TO SOME OF YOU " GAMERS WHO ARE ONLINE" UNPLUG, GET SOME R&R AND FOR GOD SAKES, DON'T MAKE A COMPLETE ASS OUT OF YOUR SELF WHEN YOU ARE SITTING THERE SCREAMING, YELLING, AND SWEARING AT THE VIDEO GAME....YOU LOOK REALLY STUPID AS ALL HELL, I MEAN IF SOME OF YOU GUYS COULD ACTUALLY SEE AND HEAR YOUR OWN BEHAVIOR, I THINK YOU WOULD BE VERY EMBARESED TO KNOW THAT , THAT WAS YOU !]]>Aug 16th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/http://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/Aug 17th 2007 2:45PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/http://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/Aug 23rd 2007 6:46PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/http://www.switched.com/2007/06/27/is-videogame-addiction-a-psychiatric-disorder/Aug 27th 2007 12:17AM