Farbror Posted December 6, 2004 Swedish newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" had an article today about a study made by an organization named "Fair Play". The study was about swedish kids, aged 11-16, and their video game habits. Some quotes from the article (Translated, for your convinience): "6 % play more than 35 hours a week and has trouble in school." "Many say they can't stop. They get aggressive and restless if they can't play." "-I curse the day I bought the video game for my son, who then was six years old. It was "hip" back then, and I thought it was like any other toy." "In the lower ages, everyone plays. In the higher ages, fewer play, but among them, the amount of "Heavy Users" is higher. "-I play six to seven hours every day. Now I'm not allowed to play every day, and I've begun doing other stuff instead. But I always do my homework before I sit down with the game. (Swedish kid, 11 years old)" "-The scariest part was that the boys couldn't quit by themselves. They just continued until we told them to stop." Read the whole article here (In swedish). Comments, anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wormsie Posted December 6, 2004 That sounds like my internet addiction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaero Posted December 6, 2004 Uh, I play video games, and I'm not addicted to children. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted December 6, 2004 Yup, any pleasurable activity can become addictive. No one ever seems to be up in arms about all the people addicted to TV though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted December 6, 2004 TV addiction just doesn't get as much press anymore, since TV has been around so long, but there definitely are (and have been) people talking about it. Also, video game addiction tends to be more tangible than addiction to something like TV, because there's an actual action/response mechanism. Since you have the controller or mouse in your hand, you are controlling it rather than just being a passive observer. This actually does release more dopamine in your brain, which I suspect is why video games are becoming a more popular pasttime than television. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twilo Posted December 8, 2004 Fun game: Replace all instances of "play" with "masturbate" in the above translated article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sirus Posted December 8, 2004 "In the lower ages, everyone masturbates. In the higher ages, fewer masturbate, but among them, the amount of "Heavy Users" is higher." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrChlorophyll Posted December 8, 2004 Damn you Twilo. Never again shall I be able to use/read the word "play" in its true context. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted December 10, 2004 "In the lower ages, everyone masturbates. In the higher ages, fewer masturbate, but among them, the amount of "Heavy Users" is higher." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites