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

[Farsala]

SuperNova said:

dx11332sega said:
At 5:30 he talks about people that are in there facebook most of the time or twitter how come theres is not a disorder ? also IDK what he's trying to say about 5:00 mark at anything can be seen as a mental disorder ?

Video games tap into the same mechanisms as facebook, instragram, twitter etc. do actually. It taps into your rewards center, and especially social networks are (like a lot of mobile games) literally made to be addictive. So yes, there is a disorder associated with social networks but it's usually under an umbrella term like 'internet addiction'.

Farsala said:

Curious, do they say the same thing for TV, books, movies, or any other entertainment?

See what I wrote above, video games tap into your brains reward center ant that's what can make them addictive and lead to a disorder. Tv, books and movies don't do this as much and and don't build a self-fullfilling cicle in the same way video games do, because they aren't interactive.

Other things that work off a similar mechanism though are, internet, sex, food, gambling or shopping addictions. Most of wich don't quite get as dangerous as gaming, because gaming has no 'come down' point and literally makes you neglect your bodies needs. That's why people die of dehydration while gaming, but not neccessarily while shopping.

In any case, everything that taps ino your rewards center and is available in unlimited quantities has the potential to become addicting. We are talking about extreme cases though.

Not a chance you can convince me hour for hour that TV is better than gaming. You see TV has commercials/advertisements that can literally brainwash people. As for the non advertisement kind like Netflix, I have definitely seen much worse tv marathons than video games.

Books and movies might have been hyperbole on my part, but they also often have marathons much like video games.