For many years video games have allow people to play them to pass the time. Where it allows you to pretend to be a variety of characters i.e. fictional character, criminal, solider etc. Where sometimes people take it to the extremes and not learning to take it in moderation by constantly playing these video games to point they lose sight of more important things like eating, bathing etc.
For its can be a lack of social skills to be around other people so them playing these games, it allows them to be the person they want to be in reality. It’s almost like a dream that they are completely in control of, and they decide when they want to wake up. Sometimes it can just be a hobby, to pass time or for social reasons, yet sometimes the balance changes and this can still spiral into self-destruction, for cowering way from facing real life and its obstacles by playing their video games it becomes there their life.
“You know you’re a serious World of Warcraft player when the game starts interfering with your life. You know you’re an addict when your life starts interfering with the game.”
(Anonymous, 2010).
In some cases video games can consume people’s lives, for if they don’t take it in moderation. It’s clear to see that the same as drugs and other addictions they all have the same consequences.
Bibliography:
Anonymous, Anon, 2010, 4 Famous Quotes About Video Game. Available at: http://unplugged.hcibooks.com/2010/10/08/4-famous-quotes-about-video-game-addiction/ (Accessed on 28th October 2011)
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