The Hazards of Gaming: Videogame addiction

[anarchy0x]

I have not played videogames since 5 years, simply because I didn't upgrade my computer. 5 years before, I would play games for like 4-8 hours a day. Currently,I am at home & not doing a fulltime job so I was wondering if I get a new pc, will I be prone to the same addiction? I do feel like playing games sometimes but what if I become na addict again? I remember how hard it was to get a grip on myself, the guilt & the furstration.

Has anyone experienced being a videogame addict? How did you overcome it.. or it overcame you?

And how do you play videogames without becoming na addict?

 

[abhidev]

just keep a limit on the number of hours you play games....don't sacrifice social events for gaming...that will keep you away from being an addict

 

[anarchy0x]

just keep a limit on the number of hours you play games....don't sacrifice social events for gaming...that will keep you away from being an addict

That is exactly what I can't do. & thats why I called myself an addict

 

[thetechfreak]

See this link
-> Positive Effects of Video Games

 

[abhidev]

See this link
-> Positive Effects of Video Games

nice share

 

[Liverpool_fan]

1. Buy original games. With that you'll be restricted with a handful of games, since you'll be restricted in a budget.
2. When you overdo, simply delete the game, and then don't play for few weeks.

Problem solved.

 

[Skyh3ck]

come on guys....

cant you can control yourself.. its upto us what we want to do... evey thing has bad or good side...

anything if done too much is bad...

gaming addiction is better than alcohol, smoking, porn etc...

and keep limit for everything....

 

[asingh]

At times I play, my eyes are watering and back is aching, but if stuck at a point -- I have to complete. Becomes quite an exhausting experience at times.

 

[Zangetsu]

get a girlfriend...

 

[asingh]

get a girlfriend...

So lame.

 

[Zangetsu]

^^once he gets he wont have time for gaming & no money to buy games..
so forget addiction ..he will forget playing games...

 

[Faun]

gaming addiction is better than alcohol, smoking, porn etc...

Nope nope nope.

 

[abhidev]

get a girlfriend...

hahahaa....good one

she will surely get him rid of his addiction for computers itself

 

[Kl@w-24]

Get a *real* life, perhaps?

 

[xtremevicky]

You are the master of your own life.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

^^once he gets he wont have time for gaming & no money to buy games..
so forget addiction ..he will forget playing games...

lol ?

Get a *real* life, perhaps?

And wanting to play games is not a part of *real* life? I mean come on, it's a source of entertainment just like TV, movies, etc.

 

[mitraark]

Addiction to games relatively mild compared to addiction to MMOG or just the internet . Its easier to curb , you don't get attached to games as much as you do to more personal things like , again , the internet. + You can just 'not get' the game , o maybe 'Shift + Delete' as a saftey valve . I would say lets find some other thing to worry about

 

[Zangetsu]

Its true that it effects the mind of some people...

I saw one boy playing GTA in cyber-cafe..he was mercilessly killing people on road with shotgun...I told him that "you can do other pending missions instead of this.."
he replied..."I m njoying myself killing here..."

 

[MyGeekTips]

Its true that it effects the mind of some people...

I saw one boy playing GTA in cyber-cafe..he was mercilessly killing people on road with shotgun...I told him that "you can do other pending missions instead of this.."
he replied..."I m njoying myself killing here..."

Most of my friends do the same thing instead of missions they start killing.

 

[Kl@w-24]

And wanting to play games is not a part of *real* life? I mean come on, it's a source of entertainment just like TV, movies, etc.

Exactly. Let it remain a form of entertainment. Don't let it take over everything that you do.