Category: Game Addiction

  • Vietnam restricts online gaming

    Vietnam introduced tougher restrictions to curb (online) game addiction according to BBC News, Hanoi. This of course is another attempt of the Vietnamese government, parents, teachers and other concerned groups and individuals as (online) game addiction…

  • Is being a gamer a sign of immaturity? – gameshogun™ Since 2003

    Gamers, Gaming and Anime Otakus (anime enthusiasts) are being misunderstood by thousands of parents in third-world countries like the Philippines. This morning, while preparing to go to work, I was thinking about what I posted yesterday – Gamers Will Soon Be War-Freak Adults and I thought that there really is a need for a dialogue…

  • Boy Collapses After Playing for 24-Hours Straight

    Times Online reported that a 15-year-old Swedish WoW Gamer collapsed after playing the latest expansion Wrath of the Lich King for 24-hours straight.The 15-year-old boy and his friends were playing Wrath of the Lich King when he suffered what appea…

  • Game Addiction is Not an Addiction, says experts

    Game Addiction is Not an Addiction, says expertsAs simple as that. Game Addiction as we commonly call someone playing (video/online) games as if there’s no tomorrow, is still out of the “addiction book” of the doctors. Isn’t that neat? Further sho…