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Gaming Fanatics Show Hallmarks of Drug Addiction

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'm-looking-at-you-cowboy dept.

Game_addict writes "There's a story over at New Scientist saying that a new study has found that game addiction has the same effects on people as drug addiction."

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  1. Big Effing Deal by Seumas · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Guess what - so does religion.

    1. Re:Big Effing Deal by shihka · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Addiction by defination is a "strong emotional and /or psychological dependence on a substance"

      Therefor I don't think a person can be addicted to religion, how can you be addicted to something that is not real?

      Food on the other hand, might qualify as a biological built in addiction. You feel aweful if you don't eat. You are also programmed to seek food out. If you don't have daily dose of food it really interfers with your life - for example you die. Talk about negative side-affects.

  2. Re:No Joke by StocDred · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    No one MADE me go on a mission, no one MAKES me go to church every Sunday, and no one MAKES me believe what I believe.

    But they do make you buy and wear special underwear, right?