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pixelburp · 28-05-2019 9:57am

"The WHO says that in order for a person to be diagnosed with video game addiction, their behaviour must be "of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning"."

Seems like a fair assessment, and I daresay if you look at the big book of mental disorders (there actually is one) you'll find a lot of addictions pertaining to hobbies or vices. About time 'gaming' be recognised as having a potential for a deleterious effect on someone's health.

I would wonder if this might be a thin end of the wedge relating to the issue of lootboxes; a political campaign is one thing, but if medical professions are now saying gaming addiction is a real concept, it's surely not that large a step to draw a line between lootboxes and a manifestation of gaming addiction. This could yet prove to be a much bigger development in the continuing discussion on gambling mechanics in games.

SomeSayKos · 28-05-2019 12:21pm

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

I love the Quatering videos. Great craic to watch.

I like them even more now that I know they annoy people on this thread :P

I genuinely feel sorry for you. I'm not even joking. I actually got a bit bummed out when I read that and I thought about what that must be like to think and feel like that. PM me if you need a chat x

kunst nugget · 28-05-2019 12:41pm

SomeSayKos wrote: »

I genuinely feel sorry for you. I'm not even joking. I actually got a bit bummed out when I read that and I thought about what that must be like to think and feel like that. PM me if you need a chat x

It's a common enough thing online but it really smacks of immaturity. Tbf, that poster has form constantly trolling the Playstation forum. You'd kind of hope they're still a teenager but they've been posting here for years.

FAILSAFE 00 · 28-05-2019 12:46pm

SomeSayKos wrote: »

I genuinely feel sorry for you. I'm not even joking. I actually got a bit bummed out when I read that and I thought about what that must be like to think and feel like that. PM me if you need a chat x

U ok hun xx

Cordell · 28-05-2019 1:59pm

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Gaming to be blamed on climate change also

It was blamed for pretty much everything else anyway, so what's new.

Grumpypants · 28-05-2019 2:59pm

pixelburp wrote: »

"The WHO says that in order for a person to be diagnosed with video game addiction, their behaviour must be "of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational.

Not sure why we're asking Roger Daltrey to chime in in it.

kunst nugget · 28-05-2019 3:04pm

Grumpypants wrote: »

Not sure why we're asking Roger Daltrey to chime in in it.

Because he sure plays a mean pinball... obviously.

Mickeroo · 28-05-2019 3:08pm

kunst nugget wrote: »

Because he sure plays a mean pinball... obviously.

Something something loot boxes something teenage wasteland.

kunst nugget · 28-05-2019 3:11pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Something something loot boxes something teenage wasteland.

Ah, the kids are alright...

gimli2112 · 28-05-2019 4:21pm

Cordell wrote: »

It was blamed for pretty much everything else anyway, so what's new.

Was reading a story in the DM today about a particularly brutal murder in the Ukraine. The murderer was a 14 year old tycoon's son. There was a pic in the paper of him holding a kalishnikov. He killed a friend allegedly over a computer game argument and got three years. There's outcry over the sentence. The article finished.

"It wasn't disclosed what videogame the teenagers were playing"

because that's the important piece

Cordell · 28-05-2019 5:23pm

It may be. It was proven that FPS can turn a mediocre school shooter into a highly effective one.

nix · 28-05-2019 5:41pm

Cordell wrote: »

It may be. It was proven that FPS can turn a mediocre school shooter into a highly effective one.

Are you for real?

What he was playing is what you think is of import over, How he got the weapon? Why he was dumb/selfish enough to kill someone over a game?

Pointing and clicking a mouse or wiggling your thumb on an analogue stick will not prepare you for locking and loading an assault rifle and shooting effectively.. Practicing with the weapon itself will :rolleyes:

You might learn some form of tactic or weapon knowledge from a game, but the same can be said with a movie/documentary/INTERNET..

Cordell · 28-05-2019 5:51pm

Man...reflexes and quick decision making skills can be improved by gaming, especially the fast paced shooter kind - that was all I was saying. I never implied that videogames can turn you into a killer.
That and a bit of sarcasm directed at people blaming videogames

TitianGerm · 28-05-2019 6:23pm

Cordell wrote: »

It may be. It was proven that FPS can turn a mediocre school shooter into a highly effective one.

I thought you meant more Frames Per Second can turn a mediocre school shooter into a highly effective one :pac:

Star Lord · 28-05-2019 6:48pm

gimli2112 wrote: »

"It wasn't disclosed what videogame the teenagers were playing"

Probably Overcooked.

Zero-Cool · 28-05-2019 7:10pm

Saw this article and said 'Aw ****, here we go again' and then saw the first comment underneath.

https://twitter.com/thefateofyomuva/status/1133433622575427585?s=19

Cordell · 28-05-2019 7:41pm

TitianGerm wrote: »

I thought you meant more Frames Per Second can turn a mediocre school shooter into a highly effective one :pac:

No, not more, less

Robert ninja · 28-05-2019 10:23pm

So the years of gamer hating articles from progressive game journalist/activists making fun of basement/no lifer gamers were actually attacks on mentally disabled people all this time that they constantly pretend to give a shyte about. Fecking classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o00CX4hgVxE

Can't wait to claim that disability benefit for playing 2K hours of Warframe. :pac:

Zero-Cool · 28-05-2019 10:31pm

One of the best episodes of the IT Crowd and on a slightly related note, the Rockstar exec accused of groping the Dev sounded like an even crazier version of young Reynholm.

Robert ninja · 28-05-2019 10:44pm

Randy "crying like a gamergater" Pitchford apparently shared animal cruelty video on twitter https://matzavreview.com/2019/05/27/gearbox-ceo-accused-of-sharing-animal-cruelty-on-twitter/ Remember to preorder Borderlands 3 on Epic Games store.

I can't find the actual content shared anymore but that's probably for the best.

I love cats

pixelburp · 28-05-2019 10:51pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

So the years of gamer hating articles from progressive game journalist/activists making fun of basement/no lifer gamers were actually attacks on mentally disabled people all this time that they constantly pretend to give a shyte about. Fecking classic.

That's precisely not what the WHO decision is about :rolleyes: Addiction is not being "mentally disabled", maybe you at least read a little into it before spinning it off into some screed on 'dem liberals you obsess over. It's a glib insult to anyone who does suffer from addiction problems, whatever form that might take. Game addiction has been a hot topic for years now, and became more pertinent with the increasing presence of lootboxes, microtransactions and other gambling-adjacent features. This WAS always coming.

kunst nugget · 28-05-2019 10:54pm

A person with addiction issues and/or anxiety/depression isn't mentally disabled. Jesus...

Robert ninja · 28-05-2019 11:01pm

pixelburp wrote: »

That's precisely not what the WHO decision is about :rolleyes: Addiction is not being "mentally disabled", maybe you at least read a little into it before spinning it off into some screed on 'dem liberals you obsess over. It's a glib insult to anyone who does suffer from addiction problems, whatever form that might take. Game addiction has been a hot topic for years now, and became more pertinent with the increasing presence of lootboxes, microtransactions and other gambling-adjacent features. This WAS always coming.

It was a fecking joke m8. :rolleyes: Did you actually think I thought you could claim benefits from showing gametime? Jesus.

kunst nugget wrote: »

A person with addiction issues and/or anxiety/depression isn't mentally disabled. Jesus...

And anyone who read that post as serious might be.

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pixelburp · 28-05-2019 11:20pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

It was a fecking joke m8. :rolleyes: Did you actually think I thought you could claim benefits from showing gametime? Jesus.

More that you seemed to think addiction was being mentally disabled, and that ... games journalists ... hate gamers who live in basements... which is the joke? Yeah. I don't get it.

Game addiction officially recognised is great news though. Hopefully addicts get the help they need and the industry gets its ass kicked for operating gambling mechanics without oversight.

dreamers75 · 28-05-2019 11:27pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Hopefully addicts get the help they need and the industry gets its ass kicked for operating gambling mechanics without oversight.

I doubt the 2 are linked but good to see it being acknowledged.

Robert ninja · 28-05-2019 11:30pm

pixelburp wrote: »

More that you seemed to think addiction was being mentally disabled an excuse to post IT crowd disabled clip and shyte on game journos

You don't have to find it funny. Big difference between taking it seriously though.

pixelburp wrote: »

the industry gets its ass kicked for operating gambling mechanics without oversight.

Absolutely. Less gambling and skinner box design is a win for the consumers but I wonder if it'll actually play out like that. It's possible all this will do is make parents more irrationally afraid of games and blame yet even more of the world's problems on it.
I hope it's a net positive, though.

pixelburp · 29-05-2019 9:46am

dreamers75 wrote: »

I doubt the 2 are linked but good to see it being acknowledged.

I can see scenarios where the questions are asked: if Game Addiction is now a legitimate, recognised disorder, game studios could yet be challenged over whether (deliberate?) content in their games could act as triggers or enablers to that addiction. The hot topic of loot-boxes already finds itself addiction-adjacent through accusations of enabling gambling tendencies, so while medically they may be different kettles of fish, it could make things more uncomfortable for studios with more openly predatory behaviour.