Brandon Crisp, a 15-year-old Ontario teenager ran away after having an argument with his parents about his Xbox console being taken away.The parents of the boy say he ran away because he had a "video game addiction."
What is this video game addiction? Is it real?
The addiction to video games is believed to be just like most other addictions. An addiction is, "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," as explained on Dictionary.com.
American Medical Association (AMA) council members believe that video game addiction involves psychological habit forming but as of right now they can not fully prove that.
"The percentage of players affected by video game overuse varies. Many researchers believe that video game addiction occurs only in a small minority of players, while others disagree... there is currently insufficient research to definitively conclude that video game overuse is an addiction," as explained on AMA's website.
This fight to get this supposed condition validated is not going to be easy or something that happens over night. The main reason for that is because, "Video game makers scoff at the notion that their products can cause a psychiatric disorder," as expressed on MSNBC's website.
In my opinion I would have to agree with the game developers. I believe that it all depends on the person and their background before playing video games. I don't believe that a video game is going to cause you to be addicted to it, the addiction is something you already have with you before even playing the game.
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