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Topic	Survey about motivations in gaming and deconstructing gaming addiction
ParanoidObsessive 09/14/17 4:02:23 AM #35:	Krazy_Kirby posted... can't be addicted to gaming Yes you can. Almost every human behavior can be addictive, once self-reinforcing biochemistry comes into play. And gaming falls into a category of behaviors where you are generating a literal "rush", which is some of the most addictive behavior of all (ie, the same mechanics that make gambling addictive, and that lead to things like sex addiction or porn addiction). And it kind of goes without saying that the entire MMO model was basically designed with addiction in mind, deliberately acting in ways to stimulate addictive personalities (this isn't even supposition, there's ample evidence to support it as fact). And long before that, many games were designed with the sole intent to keep you feeding quarters into an arcade by stringing along traits of addiction. An argument CAN be made that there has to be some degree of innate predisposition towards addiction in a personality first, though. There've been studies done on gambling and whether or not colleges with a student population within a specific distance of a legal gambling area (like Atlantic City) are more likely to have higher rates of gambling behavior/addiction than other colleges, and they tended to suggest that addiction rates remain standard within a population - meaning that people who are predisposed to becoming addicted will eventually find SOMETHING to be addicted to, while people who aren't predisposed to addiction won't necessarily go out of their way to engage in addictive behavior (something which may or may not also extend to alcoholism as a behavior). Krazy_Kirby posted... you don't suffer from withdrawals if you stop playing video games People have, so you're objectively wrong. But withdrawal isn't really a defining characteristic of addiction anyway. Especially considering the fact that there are straight up chemical addictions that have low to no real withdrawal cycle while still being behavior-controlling during the period of addiction. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:886573891] in Survey abo... [t:75768033]...</cite> <quote><cite>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote>can't be addicted to gaming</quote> Yes you can. Almost every human behavior can be addictive, once self-reinforcing biochemistry comes into play. And gaming falls into a category of behaviors where you are generating a literal "rush", which is some of the most addictive behavior of all (ie, the same mechanics that make gambling addictive, and that lead to things like sex addiction or porn addiction). And it kind of goes without saying that the entire MMO model was basically designed with addiction in mind, deliberately acting in ways to stimulate addictive personalities (this isn't even supposition, there's ample evidence to support it as fact). And long before that, many games were designed with the sole intent to keep you feeding quarters into an arcade by stringing along traits of addiction. An argument CAN be made that there has to be some degree of innate predisposition towards addiction in a personality first, though. There've been studies done on gambling and whether or not colleges with a student population within a specific distance of a legal gambling area (like Atlantic City) are more likely to have higher rates of gambling behavior/addiction than other colleges, and they tended to suggest that addiction rates remain standard within a population - meaning that people who are predisposed to becoming addicted will eventually find SOMETHING to be addicted to, while people who aren't predisposed to addiction won't necessarily go out of their way to engage in addictive behavior (something which may or may not also extend to alcoholism as a behavior). <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote>you don't suffer from withdrawals if you stop playing video games</quote> People have, so you're objectively wrong. But withdrawal isn't really a defining characteristic of addiction anyway. Especially considering the fact that there are straight up chemical addictions that have low to no real withdrawal cycle while still being behavior-controlling during the period of addiction. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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