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Buenos Dias again fellow peoples, this is MatsterChief here to give you another amazing blog post. On this post I thought I might briefly explain and talk about Video Game Addiction. Believe it or not people can become addicted to video games just like alcohol, drugs or tobacco. This is not so prevalent in the United states due to the fact of their being several other means of entertainment and just our culture in general helps steer us away from extreme video game addiction.
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However one country where video game addiction is very high is South Korea. In Korea one of the number one forms of entertainment for young people is video games. There are even little café like buildings that have rows and rows of computers that young people congregate to and spend hours and hours playing games. Video games competitions are also a huge thing in Korea and are even televised like the NFL is here in the USA.
With so many people gaming in South Korea the government has even set up better and better internet connections to help with the video game habit. One huge thing that is getting worse and worse in South Korea though is that many people have actually died during video game binges due to lack of food, water and sleep. To help combat this the government has put in steps to try and reduce the amount of hours that gamers play and even limit their ability to play by restricted access to certain individuals based upon their playing time.
Even with this huge deal about game addiction I have a simple method to combat it. Self Control, yes I know its not easy sometimes but just every once and awhile put the controller down go eat, hang out with your friends or even read a good book. Find other hobbies that you can fill your time with. Just remember you only have one life in the real world.
Thanks again for viewing my blog ill continue to make more posts about the riveting world of games. Until next time this is MatsterChief signing off.
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I will agree that self control is the solution, but how do you teach self control to addicted gamers? Is the solution better parenting? If so, how do you initiate that?
ReplyDeleteI think the problem is likely deeper. Why do people play games? Some play for pure entertainment, but some seek it as an escape from this world. That to me leads to depression as a likely possible cause of video game addiction. If that is the case, then the solutions are similar to depression. Still very hard to fix though. Good post!