Video Game Addiction Studied

The debate about video game addiction has been kicked off again in part because of the new motion-sensing technologies like the recently announced Avatar Kinect from Microsoft, which one expert says lets people “'suspend disbelief' and immerse themselves cognitively in the environment.” In other words, if the technology becomes interactive enough it can become compellingly addictive. A recent study, done is Hong Kong and Singapore, also has added fuel to the fire finding that nearly ten percent of young video gamers can suffer pathological addiction to their games, although other experts say the issue – the addiction, compulsion or obsession – is likely to remain limited to a small subset of gamers.

Video Game Addiction Studied

The debate about video game addiction has been kicked off again in part because of the new motion-sensing technologies like the recently announced Avatar Kinect from Microsoft, which one expert says lets people “'suspend disbelief' and immerse themselves cognitively in the environment.” In other words, if the technology becomes interactive enough it can become compellingly addictive. A recent study, done is Hong Kong and Singapore, also has added fuel to the fire finding that nearly ten percent of young video gamers can suffer pathological addiction to their games, although other experts say the issue – the addiction, compulsion or obsession – is likely to remain limited to a small subset of gamers.