Gaming addiction

Gaming Addiction is an increasing problem in the 21st century, where technology has since evolved to the point where gaming devices are so readily available and easily accessible.

Technological devices, once solely owned by the government and corporate businesses, are now falling into the hands of the average person on the block, also known as the consumer. Many of these technological devices are capable of being used for entertainment, such as listening to music, playing videos or browsing the Internet.

With the many capabilities of our modern technological devices, addictive games can be manifested in many ways. Such examples include, but are not limited to, PC Games, Online Gaming Websites and Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or MMORPGs. These games usually have objectives, and while some may be easy to achieve, others may take months or years to even come close to. Hence, people are devoting more of their time, consciously or subconsciously, to playing these games in hopes of achieving those objectives, laying the basis for gaming addiction.

With the continuous evolution of gaming hardware, technological devices, such as computers, are being used more extensively for gaming. As time went by, they have also changed tremendously from the big and heavy box that can only play 2D games such as Pac-Man, to the light and mobile computer less than 2 inches thick and weighing in as light as 2 pounds, capable of playing highly complex 3D games with unbelievable realism. This continuous evolution has also resulted in the creation of separate video console games, from handhelds to plug-and-play devices, which enables video games to be played from virtually anywhere.

With readily accessible technological devices getting more powerful and cheaper by the day, a greater number of people are starting to own those devices, and as a result, are getting exposed to the world of video gaming. This has led to a distressing issue, for schools; companies; and basically society collectively, as gaming addiction become more widespread.

This site was created with the hope of educating the public about the dangers of gaming addiction and how to prevent it.