And with all the new casual hype, how can journalists can make the difference between “casual” gamers dans “hardcore” gamers.
I think that the barrier between hardcores dans casual is nonexistant and that everyone should be considered a gamer.

It’s like music, i can listen to my ipod for the entire day, but nobody has said it is a bad thing, nobody said I am addicted.

For men, sex is also addictive, the only thing that keeps them from being addicted for a long time is whenever they reached an orgasm, they need rest, and tend to stay away from it.

If women had the same sex drive as men, we would be satisfying ourselves all day long, because women doesnt need rest in between orgasms.

He’s a 13 year old boy who apparently has a compulsive addiction to video games! Telling his dad to throw the game set away *is* self control, and rather admirable control too!

More often than not, when I see an article about videogame addiction posted on a videogame or tech centric blog, there is a heavy round of: “Grab your torches and pitchforks! They can’t say our videogames are addictive!”

Addiction comes in many forms. You can be addicted to sex, alcohol, other drugs, the internet, television. Anything that lets you escape from reality is a potential addiction, for some people.

Just because some people can be addicted to videogames, doesn’t mean that videogames are evil, or that they automatically addict anyone that plays them. I know a lot of people that enjoy having a few beers, or a bit of whiskey or scotch, once in a while. These people don’t have any problem with the fact that some people are addicted to alcohol. They acknowledge that alcohol can be addictive, and then move on with their lives. Which includes having the occasional beer.

And just because corporate media brings out the torches and pitchforks sometimes, doesn’t mean we should counter them by bringing out our torches and pitchforks, just on the other side of the issue.

Life is complex and beautiful. Headlines tend to simplify that complexity, and are often highly biased, evaluative, and don’t include a lot of facts or actual analysis.

Instead of skimming some article, and then writing a quick response about how stupid the media / kid that was diagnosed are / is, why don’t we take a step back, realize that this is just an article, which doesn’t represent reality very well, and then move on with our lives.

You know, listen instead of talking all of the time.

jess
http://www.privacy.mx.tc