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We haven't scrutinized video games enough after the "video games cause violence" myth was debunked. Hands down the biggest addiction among my friends in their
by BrianOnHN 5y ago
We haven't scrutinized video games enough after the "video games cause violence" myth was debunked.
Hands down the biggest addiction among my friends in their late 20s and early 30s.
The problem is that none of them see it that way.
They take breaks from "known" addictions (alcohol, cannabis) repeatedly, only to still fail to reach their goals, without ever acknowledging the gaming issue.
- emptyparadise 5y agoDoesn't help that every product is trying to be as addictive as possible these days. All the psychological devastation of hard drugs and none of the euphoria.
- pm90 5y agoWhat kind of goals is it preventing them from reaching?
- gman83 5y agoWell I don't know what he was referring to, but at some point while I was at university I became totally addicted to the game "Football Manager". I would stay up entire nights playing that game. I had to completely quit playing it or I would have flunked out.
- seaman1921 5y agobasically when you get addicted to video-games, you prioritise it over everything else in your life - eg. you start skipping meetings, both at work and hanging out with friends, skip spending time with your loved ones and even skip taking care of your own health (gym/sports/..)
- Apocryphon 5y agoAs an aside, I wonder if we’ve missed out on longer term repercussions of violence in video games, after the hysteria of video games causing violence turned out to be false. You’d think immersing people in unreality for extended amounts of time could have a desensitizing effect. Sure, there’s violent movies and other media, but the degree of immersion feels like it should make a difference. And I’m still weirded out how kids these days can get an elementary familiarity with real-life weapons not from gritty adult FPS like Doom, but the cartoony Fortnite.