Compulsive gamers "not addicts"

[c_cebrecus]

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anything can be addictive, even ***.. it all boils down to self control.. so in my POV, an addict is one who doesn't have self control.. i play games almost everyday for at least 12hrs a day, but when there are things to be done, i can leave the game and not be interrupted mentally by it at all..

[brad]

addictive nang games.
some people play it all the time and quit their jobs.

[rodsky]

some people play it all the time and quit their jobs.

Funny thought. In my case if I quit playing, I effectively also have quit my job, because my job involves (among other things) playing games.

-RODION

[xeoxander01]

kinsa gani tong ng compare sa video games sa sports??.. para naku lng ha.. ang mga video games kay kusog kau mo consume og oras... so dili kau ka productive... cge ra kag lingkod atubang sa imo computer.. sa sports gud daghan og benifits.. exercise nah.. mka socialize pa jud ka.. meet new friends.. naa kay agi bah.. di kay mg cge rag tungok anang computer.. kung dili gani mag duwa og computer, mag angatz nga morag wala sa kaugalingon kay ang huna2x tua sa video games... parehas rag epekto sa gidili nga drogas... pwede man mg dula bah pero ayaw lng sad palabi-i... take control of the game, dont let it control you...

[cottonmouth]

Why Media Could Be Bad For Your Child's Health - TIME

Why Media Could Be Bad For Your Child's Health
By Gilbert Cruz Thursday, Dec. 04, 2008

The maxim holds true: too much of anything is bad for you. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy group, and researchers from the National Institutes of Health, Yale University and California Pacific Medical Center have published a report that draws links between media consumption and children's health. After reviewing 173 studies in various categories, the researchers found that the more TV, movies, music and technology a child is exposed to, the higher the health risks they face. TIME spoke with Stanford University professor James Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media, about how parents can keep their kids on the media straight and narrow.


It seems that the takeaway from this report is that heavy consumption of media makes kids fatter, more likely to smoke, use drugs and get bad grades. Is that the sum of it?

Basically. Too much bad media can be hazardous to your child's health. What we wanted to do was not just take a look at one connection between media and health, say, childhood obesity or ***ual behavior. We wanted to conduct a meta-study, a comprehensive look at all different aspects of the way media affects children. And the bottom line is that it can have a significant impact in the areas we looked at: childhood obesity, tobacco use, ***ual behavior, drug use, alcohol use, low academic achievement and ADHD. [Lead researcher] Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel and his team looked at thousands of studies, and then picked the 173 best. In the areas that were graded high—obesity, drug use and s3xual behavior—it was clear that media was a contributing factor to negative outcomes in those three categories.

When you say "media," what exactly are you talking about? Your report mentions that the researchers weren't able to get much data on "new media."

When we refer to media at Common Sense, we're talking about everything from Internet and cell phones and video games and social networking sites to traditional media like movies, TV, music and books. What we found in these studies, however, is that there's almost no research on new digital media, on social networking platforms, on Internet usage, on how kids text message. That's one of the conclusions we draw in this report. There's a tremendous need from a public health standpoint to do research on these areas, because they will affect public policy and basic good parenting behavior.

Most studies on kids and media focus on violence. Why did you avoid that here?

Zeke [Dr. Emanuel] and the research team decided that there was a voluminous amount of studies that focus solely on media and violence. So they wanted to stay away from that. Now, with our report, there are two important words to distinguish between: correlation and causation. This report doesn't say, nor would Common Sense ever suggest, that media is the cause of all society's ills, or the sole cause of childhood obesity or risky ***ual behavior or smoking or alcohol use among teens. But it is a significant contributing factor. That's different from saying it's the sole cause. And a very important thing to say up front is that we're not anti-media. I'm a first-amendment law professor at Stanford. Our motto is sanity, not censorship. We want you to know what the impact of media can be, both positive and negative.

You were in Washington the other day briefing policy makers on the report. What sense did you get from them?

Obviously, Zeke's brother [President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel] will have a strong position in the incoming Administration. And I am optimistic that you'll see a renewed emphasis, from the White House on down, on media, technology and kids. In that sense, I'm very hopeful that Barack and Michelle Obama will be parents-in-chief and role models-in-chief for our country. Barack talked about it repeatedly through his campaign—turning off the TV, turning off the video games, doing your homework, talking with your kids.

What are your general recommendations, then, for parents, based on this study?

Parents are the first line of defense. You have to be involved in your kids' media lives today, just like you go to their parent-teacher conferences, like you help them with your homework. The average kid spends almost 7 hours a day consuming some sort of media, so you have to be involved in setting clear limits and balanced amounts of time that kids can spend with different forms of media. That's as true for video games and cell phones as it is for TV and movies.

Kids get so many values and messages from media. As a parent, you've got to have a dialogue with them about that. Whether you're talking about s3x or violence or commercialism, a lot of the messages kids are getting come from the media. So you have to have an open dialogue. And you have to be a savvy media consumer yourself, so you know what they're experiencing.

[lasgaw]

Funny thought. In my case if I quit playing, I effectively also have quit my job, because my job involves (among other things) playing games.

-RODION

i got problems in balancing gaming and work., you can do both, mutually, no need balancing hassles., i might love your job, any opening?

[hobie]

I start playing from 9am -1am ..Am I addict? maybe but I do stop if I have to, it's just that Im stuck here at home everyday and gaming serves as my connection to the outside. Go gamers!

[iRviNe]

ok rmn nang gaming as long as you know how to balance it and it does not disrupt your daily life and as long as your world does not revolve around it.. ryt?

[rodsky]

i got problems in balancing gaming and work., you can do both, mutually, no need balancing hassles., i might love your job, any opening?

Possibly February. Do take note we require a very unique and exacting set of skills.

Avatrian: Home

It doesn't follow that if you're an experienced web, graphics or 3D designer, that you'd be a good fit for us--we've had several people who crashed and burned just after a week or two--we never hesitate to fire on the spot, those who do not perform to our expectations.

And contrary to your belief, you DO NEED to balance things in our line of work--last February, we fired someone who thought that since our job constitutes playing, that he can just "play around" to his heart's content, at the expense of not really achieving anything beneficial for the company. Actually, the best way to assess who's a better worker, is to give the worker freedom--whoever utilizes that freedom to his/her and the company's benefit better, is the more capable worker.

-RODION

[mejie]

you can learn some lessons out of gaming... just like me before, i learned shifting gears of a motorcycle from playing games in the pc..... a big help...... but should be balanced