Study finds reason for games addiction
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Actually what they were referring to is the Skinner box, Extra Credit just had a show about it last week.Palademon said:
Essentially you give your subject treats every time he performs a number of tasks, and he becomes compelled to repeat those even if they are the most boring repetitive and retarded tasks you can think off, you got him trapped with the expectation of his reward.
This is pretty much the only mechanic MMO's use to keep players tied to the game, looking back even playing WoW(supposedly the top MMO) you are bored senseless 95% of the time, but you will stare at the game an keep pushing that fireball button like a brain dead hamster, waiting for hours and hours until you get a new skill/item.
Maybe this applies to games like Farmville which require constant monitoring since just logging off doesn't pause the game in any way. so even when you're not playing the game... you're playing the game.
Orrrr it could mean anything fun. If something is fun you usually don't want to stop doing it.
Orrrr it could mean anything fun. If something is fun you usually don't want to stop doing it.
I detect baloney.
This waste of time doesn't deserve to be called a study.
Classic fear mongering to get the middle class to vote for platforms that remove civil liberties.
This waste of time doesn't deserve to be called a study.
Classic fear mongering to get the middle class to vote for platforms that remove civil liberties.
People need to learn the difference between "addicted" and "lazy". I'm willing to bet that a majority of gaming "addicts" are just lazy. I game a ton, but when my PC broke down did I become more productive? No, I just spent that time reading or watching TV...
When will people turn their attention to a much more serious, and yet so socially accepted addiction that makes it hard for addicts to escape from: Gum?
No joke, I feel I need this to operate most days.
Anyways, is it so hard to tell that there are two reasons people escape into games?
1. They are fun
2. Life is not always so
Hell, turn on the TV and be glad most countries don't have hikikomori (where the stress of society hits a point where people just choose to stop being a part of it) problem Japan has with what the News tells you the world is like.
No joke, I feel I need this to operate most days.
Anyways, is it so hard to tell that there are two reasons people escape into games?
1. They are fun
2. Life is not always so
Hell, turn on the TV and be glad most countries don't have hikikomori (where the stress of society hits a point where people just choose to stop being a part of it) problem Japan has with what the News tells you the world is like.
I havent had access to the xbox reason being that i moved house and it has in turn been moved into my brother's room and...well....i don't want to go in there...
I usually play the xbox for 30+ hours a week. I haven't played the xbox for a month. it hasn't bothered me at all. i'm getting my own xbox at christmas though =D
But seriously? COD is a shoot 'em up? I was sure that it was a FPS. In fact i KNOW it's a FPS.
I usually play the xbox for 30+ hours a week. I haven't played the xbox for a month. it hasn't bothered me at all. i'm getting my own xbox at christmas though =D
But seriously? COD is a shoot 'em up? I was sure that it was a FPS. In fact i KNOW it's a FPS.
Addiction: the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
With a definition like that human beings can be addicted to absolutely anything. Since we know that why do we still keep doing studies to see if things are addictive or not instead of doing studies to find ways to help people which are actually addicted.
With a definition like that human beings can be addicted to absolutely anything. Since we know that why do we still keep doing studies to see if things are addictive or not instead of doing studies to find ways to help people which are actually addicted.
All of this, was literally JUST covered by Extra Credits. which let me say is also, ON THIS SITE. Seriously. and it is a method used by gaming corperations. and it dose enduce addictive games.
Here the link to the episode:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2487-The-Skinner-Box
Go watch it.
Here the link to the episode:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2487-The-Skinner-Box
Go watch it.
Guess what else compels people to stay glued to it for a long time... Everything that is classified as leisure activity! if we didn't have this feeling of not wanting the fun to go away, people wouldn't have hobbies. Basing it solely on video games is an incomplete study.
Oh look, more people claiming video games are addictive. Oh look, they're talking to children. Since when did children know what was good for them?
Anyway, it's really not that hard to stop playing a video game. Just because some snot nosed kids have weak wills does not mean that the game industry is pumping out electronic narcotics. Huh those sound kind of fun actually
Anyway, it's really not that hard to stop playing a video game. Just because some snot nosed kids have weak wills does not mean that the game industry is pumping out electronic narcotics. Huh those sound kind of fun actually
What they really need to look at is whether or not the people that are "addicted" to games show signs of addictive behavior in other areas. Some people just have addictive personalities. It's like people who say a kid has ADD, but then the kid turns around and sits for 8-10 hours playing some game or another. It's not selective, you either have an addictive personality or you don't.
You can become addicted to a substance, but arguing that someone can be addicted exclusively to videogames and not have an inclination to be addicted to something else as well is BS.
You can become addicted to a substance, but arguing that someone can be addicted exclusively to videogames and not have an inclination to be addicted to something else as well is BS.
they they did....BBC<Extra Credits my opinion lolDuffeknol said:
BUT I HAVE A QUESTION for all you game hating psycos out there...you hae 2 choices to hold my entertainment...you can either let me play videogames that are fun...in my own house...where im not bothering anyone or cause any problems or breaking any laws...playing something i know is a GAME..and not to drive like i have 5 stars in GTA or like i have A star in mario....or i could..ya know...go out..get waisted...and do/impregnate your daughter.....
your choice..i think im kinda good looking if not a bit skinny..and to be honest...it would be just that much better if i know...its YOUR daughter Mr.ihatevideogamesbecausethereevil. ....just sayin