It's really sad to see such a trite "kids are obsessed with video games" article on coming from ArsTechnica. What's especially irritating is how he admits to d

It's really sad to see such a trite "kids are obsessed with video games" article on coming from ArsTechnica. What's especially irritating is how he admits to dropping out of medical school due to playing video games but insinuates that Minecraft is the root cause of his child's issues because it's more advanced. These moral panics started with Space Invaders in the 1980's [0]! Any "addiction" without a strong physical component (alcohol, weed, sex, video games, etc.) is often just an outgrowth of an underlying mental health disorder. But since stigma is attached to mental health disorders, we are very quick to blame anything else. Unlike video games, it appears parents haven't gotten any smarter in past 40 years. 0: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1981/may/20/control-of-space-invaders-and-other https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1981/may/...