'Too much video game time can be a problem', The WHO

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HintHRO said:

curl-6 said:

Because while the two are not one and the same, there is a correlation between time spent gaming and it becoming a disorder. It would be hard for it to reach the level of a disorder if you only played an hour a day.

If a social dysfunctional person spends 3 hours on video games and 3 hours on social media every day (look around you outside, everybody is always looking at their smartphone), then you cannot say that 3 hours of gaming are the direct cause it. It can be part video games, part social media. It can be only smartphone. The cause can be totally something else. 

Let's be real here; we all love gaming, but anyone who says it can never have negative effects is kidding themselves. Now, this doesn't imply that we as gamers are disordered, any more than suggesting that too much alcohol is unhealthy implies that everyone who enjoys wine is disordered. Pointing out that something is a problem when it severely impacts one's day to day functionality is not in the least bit controversial, it's simply common sense.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 20 June 2018