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Topic	WHO Recognizes Video Gaming Addiction As Mental Disorder
BlameAnesthesia 06/21/18 2:08:35 PM #98:	A5modeu5 posted... You know. I never thought about that but. If someone says "oh my god I read a book last night and couldnt put it down. I read the whole thing in 8 hours straight." it is not a big deal. If you tell someone "Ive played -random game- for 8 hours straight last night." people look at you funny. A lot of games employ things like no ceiling, neverending progression/loot escalator, loot boxes, daily rewards for logging in. Even the act of most games is completing a task for a reward. That is the behavior that triggers brain chemistry that underlies most drug addictions. It's reinforcing behavior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber Older games had endings, weren't online, didn't have this chasing a carrot on a stick type of gameplay. Books and television are more passive entertainment. Sure, someone can consume their lives with those things too, but video games as a behavior is just higher risk, especially if someone is prone to dysfunction with their dopamine reward pathways (predisposed to addiction) relative to those other hobbies. --- https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png <cite>BlameAnesthesia posted [p:903700825] in WHO Recogn... [t:76733738]...</cite> <quote><cite>A5modeu5 posted...</cite> <quote>You know. I never thought about that but. If someone says "oh my god I read a book last night and couldnt put it down. I read the whole thing in 8 hours straight." it is not a big deal. If you tell someone "Ive played -random game- for 8 hours straight last night." people look at you funny.</quote> A lot of games employ things like no ceiling, neverending progression/loot escalator, loot boxes, daily rewards for logging in. Even the act of most games is completing a task for a reward. That is the behavior that triggers brain chemistry that underlies most drug addictions. It's reinforcing behavior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber Older games had endings, weren't online, didn't have this chasing a carrot on a stick type of gameplay. Books and television are more passive entertainment. Sure, someone can consume their lives with those things too, but video games as a behavior is just higher risk, especially if someone is prone to dysfunction with their dopamine reward pathways (predisposed to addiction) relative to those other hobbies. --- https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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