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Video Game Addiction Does Exist!

Video Game Addiction Does Exist!. By : Spates, Kelly. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp3HpcPHTBA. Main Points:. Determine the different levels of game playing Games that are more likely to addicting Signs of addiction Reasons why video game addiction is bad Controlling the problem.

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Video Game Addiction Does Exist!

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  1. Video Game Addiction Does Exist! By : Spates, Kelly

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp3HpcPHTBA

  3. Main Points: • Determine the different levels of game playing • Games that are more likely to addicting • Signs of addiction • Reasons why video game addiction is bad • Controlling the problem

  4. The different levels of game playing • How long does someone have to play in order to become addicted? • Everyone’s different

  5. Game types that are more likely to addicting • Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) • Never Ending • “With more than 11.5 million monthly subscriptions, World of Warcraft is currently the world's most-subscribed MMORPGand holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.” • “In a 2005 Tom's Games interview, Dr. MaressaOrzack estimated that 40% of the players of World of Warcraft (an MMORPG) were addicted”

  6. Signs of addiction • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaBSvZMkjic • Starting at (5:02)

  7. Reasons why video game addiction is bad • “In 2008, one of the 5 FCC Commissioners, Deborah Taylor Tate, stated that online gaming addiction was ‘one of the top reasons for college drop-outs’.” • Diablo 2 Addiction…

  8. Controlling the problem • Limit the amount of time you play. • One example: • “The government of the People's Republic of China, where more than 20 million people play online games, introduced an online gaming restriction limiting playing time to 3 hours, after which the player would be expelled from whichever game they were playing.”

  9. Main Idea • Different Levels game playing • Addictive traits in games • Signs of addiction • Reasons why video game addiction is bad • Ways to control the problem • Overall Point • Video game addiction does happen to people all over the world.

  10. Works Cited • "Video Game Addiction." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 06 Nov. 2009. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaBSvZMkjic>. • Video game addiction." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 04 Nov. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction>. • YouTube/ World of Warcraft Video Game Addiction Documentary. Vroxitsa. Web. 6 Nov. 2009. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp3HpcPHTBA>.

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