Game Addiction a "National Health Problem" in Australia
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I would just like to point out for those who don't know that the Herald Sun is a tabloid Rupert Murdoch trash-rag, not a respectable newspaper. As with tabloids everywhere, it's populist and scandal-rich but journalism-poor, so it sells well but is not taken very seriously by policy makers. When you see an article like this in The Age or the Sydney Morning Herald, then we might be worried.Malygris said:
Yeah but didn't they have that other news story about the Australian gov using music to drive teenagers away from public places. So going outside is out of the picture.xmetatr0nx said:
Psychologists in Australia are warning about the imminent threat of text addiction among australians over the age of 8.
As the scourge of reading and edumaction spreads, it is estimated that the cost couldbecome as great to society as that of videogames, yet shockingly, the Australian Medical Association has no policy in place to address the problem.
Among the many culprits are publishers and newspapers, who are unsurprisingly willing to investigate the phenomenom of reading addiction.
Many medical experts have advocated the buring of text, to bring the availability of this dangerous passtime down to a manageable level.
Similar actions have been successfully implemented in the past, for example, by the Great Senator John McCarthy.
Furthermore, any reading devices, including so-called "spectacles" must be destroyed if this threat is to be nullified as the glorious Pol Pott showed us 30 years ago.
"There is no doubt education addiction is on the rise for adults," said psychologist William McBullshit. "It can be all consuming. I had one patient who was so involved with one newsrag called Herald Sun and would read it up to eight [or] ten hours a day."
As the scourge of reading and edumaction spreads, it is estimated that the cost couldbecome as great to society as that of videogames, yet shockingly, the Australian Medical Association has no policy in place to address the problem.
Among the many culprits are publishers and newspapers, who are unsurprisingly willing to investigate the phenomenom of reading addiction.
Many medical experts have advocated the buring of text, to bring the availability of this dangerous passtime down to a manageable level.
Similar actions have been successfully implemented in the past, for example, by the Great Senator John McCarthy.
Furthermore, any reading devices, including so-called "spectacles" must be destroyed if this threat is to be nullified as the glorious Pol Pott showed us 30 years ago.
"There is no doubt education addiction is on the rise for adults," said psychologist William McBullshit. "It can be all consuming. I had one patient who was so involved with one newsrag called Herald Sun and would read it up to eight [or] ten hours a day."
Did I mention the wildlife in Australia is pretty frakking dangerous? Yeah, most of them can kill/paralyze you with ease, mostly because Mother Nature's a fickle *****. So Yeah.xmetatr0nx said:
I never understood this. Why is playing video games such a bad thing?
Don't get me wrong, you should still go outside and exercise. I do it just because I like to get fresh air. But what else are some people supposed to do?
Don't get me wrong, you should still go outside and exercise. I do it just because I like to get fresh air. But what else are some people supposed to do?
We stopped being cool when the dingos ate our common sense and we got the remains through the dingo.xmetatr0nx said:
Also, on a more serious note, people play games for hours on end here mainly due to a misinformed society which shuns gamers, or at least I get shuned for being one :'(. So what do I do? Play more games out of societies way.
And do we all remember that Gaming Addiction Clinic in Amsterdam? The guy who opened the place found that it was an underlying social issue which forced gamers to find a creative outlet, not the fact the games themselves are addictive, like he origionally thought.
So, in summary, we down here are doomed until Gen Y takes over government, and by then we will start oppressing people for having technology implanted into their skin and virtual reality and such. Oh the cycle continues....
oh Peggle you and your addicting flashy colors and sounds
seriously though, Games are fun for a while. If you play say World of Warcraft(or any other big-budget MMO) or maybe Counter Strike:Source(or any multiplayer fps) and play said gamer more than 3 hours every day regardless, you have a probolem. If you find yourself playing EverQuest 2 for 15 hours every day you REALLY have a probolem. And you just have to slowly wean yourself off of your games. Its like quitting smoking, except without the withdrawal symptoms.
seriously though, Games are fun for a while. If you play say World of Warcraft(or any other big-budget MMO) or maybe Counter Strike:Source(or any multiplayer fps) and play said gamer more than 3 hours every day regardless, you have a probolem. If you find yourself playing EverQuest 2 for 15 hours every day you REALLY have a probolem. And you just have to slowly wean yourself off of your games. Its like quitting smoking, except without the withdrawal symptoms.
