Panel Description: Being a gamer is AWESOME. But for some of us, not everyone understands us or the reasons we game. Have you ever felt like it's necessary to explain or defend your love of gaming to...
Tag: gaming addiction
Ninety-seven percent of all adolescents in the US play video games, & more than half of the adults in this country play video games regardless of their race or income. The military has...
PAX Prime 2012 – Parenting and Video Games: The Psychiatric Perspective
Kids playing video games? We’re at a point of saturation - a 2010 (that’s 2 years ago, for those counting) Pew Internet & American Life poll showed that 99% of boys and 94% of girls play...
PAX Prime 2012 – “Just One More Game…” – Science and Controversy on Internet and Gaming Addiction
Most gamers have played a game that “hooked them,” but there is a subset of people who play games to their own detriment. Join Dr. Tyler Black, a psychiatrist at BC Children’s Hospital, as he...