Entry 07: Game addiction

Game addiction has been an apparent problem brought up by dipshits for years. And while it is true that there have been plenty of examples of people being addicted to video games and the consequences of that, actively blaming games for it is absurd.

Video games are often the target of critique, both by media that feels endangered by its popularity, news which just needs a story to drum up controversy, parents who'd rather blame their lack of responsibility on someone else so they don't have to do their job, sjw's and feminists hoping it's an easy target. This is not new to us, and I believe I have mentioned this before and I will definitely later on. The constant and biased targeting of this medium with generally little to no real evidence, definitely puts most accusation against video-games on questionable grounds. The sheer amount of slandering endured by our medium, has trivialized any remark made against them (for some reason comments made by a famously shit posting cunt Anita Sarkeesian were actually taken on board by dickless Kaplan at Blizzard, but thats for another time). But that's not to say there isn't cases of game addiction, just that the accusations are bullshit.

Dopamine is a chemical released in the brain when we do something considered pleasurable, it's actually what makes us consider it pleasurable. Do that thing to often and you will eventually create a strong association of that action with the pleasure you are feeling, eventually you get addicted to that and can't stop yourself from doing that thing. That is a super simplified explanation to how basic addiction works, drugs for example are a little different, you are often directly addicted to the drug not a dopamine reaction. Anything you enjoy can cause addiction as a result of this, and the addiction itself isn't so much a danger, it's what the addiction can make you do, or not do. Addiction to video games can cause you to ignore you're friends, family, job, exercise and even food, you can end up physically unwell and covered in bed sores, and that's just some examples. But are video games any more dangerous than anything else no? No, games are no more addictive than anything else, and repeated near obsessive use will cause addiction, just like anything else, and the symptoms of addiction such as those mentioned above, aren't necessarily any worse than that of any other addiction.

Is game addiction a problem, yes? Is it any worse than anything else, no not at all. If you are a responsible adult you can avoid it, and if you are actually a decent parent it won't be an issue. So everyone can shut up about it and stop scapegoating on a hobby just because they don't like it.