bhkad
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I thought bhkad was a conservative. Was I wrong?
Shhhhhhhh!
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I thought bhkad was a conservative. Was I wrong?
One in 10 video gaming youths could be addicted - Game Hunters: In search of video games and interactive awesomeness - USATODAY.com
Read the article to see other symptoms and to get a link to the original work cited.
I'm sure no one here is addicted to videogames. :roll:
Violent games have been around forever. Why weren't you calling for a stop to kids playing cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians? Because most people can distinguish between reality and a game. But I'll say what I always say to you when you bring up this foolishness. Video games are a tool, not the cause. So are guns. If you want to get rid of one, get rid of both.
That usually puts a stop to you. :2razz:
How rudely dismissive.
Do you ever refer to yourself by the name of your In-Game character, or cling to your character's name for your emails, instant messenger, etc?
More like appropriately dismissive. I deal with tons of kids that are into this kind of gaming. Do some get addicted? A few. Have I ever seen the online gaming lead to violence? Never. And remember the population I work with...these are kids who already have problems. Does it happen? Sure. And it is as much the game's fault as it is the gun's fault when someone shoots up a post office. I have explained this to you several times over the past year or so, or however long you have brought this up at DP. I will continue to do so. You are shifting responsibility from the actor to the "tool" the game...or the gun.
If you want to discuss gaming addiction, that's one thing...it's an issue like compulsive gambling. If you want to discuss how gaming can be a "nationally recognized threat to our very existence", I'll appropriately dismiss this foolishness and continue to use my gun analogy.
Like I said, that usually stops you.
My name on here is the name of my main character in every online game I have played.
One in 10 video gaming youths could be addicted - Game Hunters: In search of video games and interactive awesomeness - USATODAY.com
Read the article to see other symptoms and to get a link to the original work cited.
I'm sure no one here is addicted to videogames. :roll:
You can stop everyone here.
One way or another.
The deck is stacked.
Don't bother to respond.
I desist.
And what is the "government" solution?
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