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    John Rench Louis R. Villas PS1A ONLINE VIDEO GAME ADDICTION: IDENTIFICATION OF ADDICTED ADOLESCENT GAMERS Studies have constantly verified the reality of a small subgroup of video gamers that is seemingly addicted to games. Although video game addiction is not a new observable fact, the introduction of an online component in the current generation of games has almost certainly increased the size and possibility of the problem. This online factor in gaming led to the instigation of handling programmers

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    Video Gaming Addiction in Children Like many things in our modern day the advancement of technology has evolved over several decades; items such as cell phones have nearly multiplied in use of the masses but have become what now some may consider diminutive in size. The possibilities are endless with components and added use. In the beginning of technological times, videos games were traditionally designed to work with televisions and computers. The advancements in video games are now full fledge

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    Rough Draft November 16, 2017 Over the last decade video games have become a huge controversy. Every day more people play video games than live their lives. Which has become a big concern because videogames are being known to be more hurtful than beneficial in light of more recent studies. Video games have disadvantages, like becoming addictive, influencing violence, and causing poor social skills. There have been many studies on the effect video games have on people’s social skills. Social skills are

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    Video games should not be classified as “bad” and if someone classifies them that way then hopefully they have some kind of different outlook after reading this. Where video games get this negative outlook is from the inglorious bastard genre of the “action” or first person shooter, when in reality, that’s one genre of 10’s if not 100’s of others that are established. Video games do in fact have beneficial attributes even though people think of them as addictive brainwashing mechanisms, and there

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    advanced technology gave us was the advent of video games. Specifically, whether video games should be regulated more closely or even banned. The background The controversy around video games is focused around three main points:is playing video games addictive, do video games promote violence, and do video games promote antisocial behaviors. Arguments for regulating games more Video games are an addiction like any other drug. Many naysayers to games believe that gaming wastes too much time and money

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    symptoms associated with addiction. Some teens are heavy users of online role-playing games (RPGs) such as World of Warcraft and multiplayer games such as Call of Duty in which they interact with other players in real time. These teens will often neglect schoolwork and other aspects of their daily lives when they become immersed in these games. The American Medical Association has identified “video game overuse” as ‘behaviour’. World of Warcraft, one of the most popular online games, is played by more

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    are many who get addicted to the evils of it. For instance, users will easily get addicted to online shopping, developing to an endless shopping desires. Furthermore, computer technology provides a convenient channel to online gambling and online games. These two online entertainment today are like drugs, gradually turn into a problematic issue for teenagers. Thus, computer technology has affected the normal lifestyles from almost all respects of life, but it seems like it is not for the betterment

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    regulating video game usage. Parents need to be on the same page when it comes to setting boundaries on video game usage for their children. Boundaries could include making set time frames where the children are allowed to play. This is perhaps one of the most important elements to controlling how much your children play video games. There are programs and software available to help monitor the internet and video game use that your child is doing because you cannot always trust what a video game addict

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    Teenage gamers need to limit their gaming. Intro Games, games, games. To most people, they love games and play it almost every day because it’s fun. People enjoy the great relief when they finish a level or achieve something they earned hard for. Unfortunately, some people don’t enjoy playing games and instead take it very seriously, causing people to become addicts, which causes isolating relationships Paragraph - What is Gaming Addiction? Gamers or game addicts are known to many people as an excessive

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    The world of virtual reality is loved by people who are fan of video games. However, the main victims to get so deeply absorbed in this kind of world are children (as young as 7 years old). It is easy for young minds to become addicted to something they are possibly not yet ready for; especially screens and consoles. Video games are not good for kids since it isolates them from real life, could encourage violent behaviors and ideas, and chips away at their social skills. Children could spend the

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