Video Game Addiction

Answered ^-^/ Hope it helps <3

Completed it.

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Done from Argentine :D

Answered the survey. You misspelled "whiteout", should be "without".

Done.
by the way this my 2nd questionnaire i found this day
with almost exact questions (the 1st is in bahasa)
hmm... weird coincidence?

Answered, but with only a yes/no for some questions, there is no context. For example:

If your parent’s, family, or friend take away your computer, tablet, Smartphone or gaming console do you experience anger or other discomfort ?

I would be weirded out if my parents returned from the dead and took away my PC, and I would be angry with my friends because they have no business taking my property.

Do you prefer to game instead of spending time with others ( friends, family) ?

I game with friends and family, not instead of spending time with them.

Why do you play video games ? *

This should be multi check boxes because it's all of the above.

Signed. Now, just because i say that i try to seek the benefits of gaming, that doesnt mean i actualy get them, im saddly broken and do not gain satisfaction, fun, nothing from games anymore. A youtube comment on asmongold reacting to gaming disorder video comments i think described it perfectly. Because i played video games (sega genesis, the very first many one RTSes and GTA3 and isometric RPGs and old racing games) because i was exposed to games and played them as a kid, teenager, young adult, because i got into it so early and pretty much rooted myself into gaming at the most earliest of possible youth, i have extracted all possible pleasure i can and have or games have, dried up and simply cannot give me dopamine or pleasure or whatever its called, it doesnt work, ive become jaded, dry, ive sucked up everything i could and games no longer entertain me and a new form of entertainment must be sought but what could it be...? Movies? Cartoons? Physical activities? Socilizing? I dont know, who knows.... but... i blame the game industry on this, not me or my family for enabling life to become attached to games... i blame the companies, the publishers, for repeating the same games over and over again, games reducing in quality, released unfinsihed, games ive litearly played dozens of times before many years ago, the overfocus on graphics, the old best talent phased out by new less expierienced or passionate workforce, bunch of nerds grouping up to make games replaced by corporatism and capitalism, game industry becoming more about industry than games, the golden age of gaming started in the 90s and ended before the 2010s began, thats where the decline in quality, innovation, creativity started to become more and more blatant. Less effort for more rewards, no risks taken, no innovation pursued. It is truly up to the Indie devs now to make actual innovation, take risks and try to reach unexplored ground. The constant cease and decists dont help, and most indies are not interested or cannot pursue ideas that are outside established genres and genre tropes, instead just give us familiar games that just look different with different paint, kind of like the AAA studios but with more effort obviously. I believe i CAN actualy enjoy games again, i can have fun and pleasure once more, i believe it, What actualy needs to happen is, AAA studios need to actualy innovate in games again, new things need to happen and be made, games have been stale, samey, repeated and ruined with todays practices. Games need to push boundaries once more, the E3 and game awards shows constantly have studio leads like Phil Spencer constantly year after year spouting the same trash about innovation, innovation and innovation, but its a lie, they churn out the exact same games with some few tweaks, thats it, graphics have reached dead end for years now, it doesnt advance anymore and yet it was the one thing that was achieved first and was not the most wanted or requested, it was simply the easiest to be achieved for the devs, writting, coding, gameplay devising, that actualy takes skill, a skill that has been lacking everywhere for the past decade. Visions and attitude, views and ideas, all have been marred and changed for the worse. We need games like GTA 3 when it first came out, Red Faction 1 & Guerrilla, the complexity of car simluators placed within arcade racers, the underrated game designs of indies be used in todays releases, so much is needed and yet all we get today is new coats of paint everywhere, sequels, remakes, rehashes, the industry is to be blamed for my lack of fun in games anymore, not me, thats what i believe in, but i do not deny that other possibility.... like that commentator said, if i were to get into gaming now that im 27 years old, i would have so much fun in games... he might be right...

Done! Best of luck on your survey!!

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Have you checked https://www.academia.edu?

https://www.academia.edu/5128661/VIDEO_GAMES_BENEFITS_HARMS_and_USES

There are many thesis there which might be usefull for you.

Bump, i updated the whitelist

Answered it from USA.

Also do you consider that gaming addiction it actually a big problem ?

It can be a big problem, just like any addiction really.

Do you know people that have gaming addiction ?

Maybe. I have one family member who doesn't want to stop playing games, even when it's time to eat or go to bed, and gets really upset when forced to stop. Another who seemed to struggle with it last year.

I also have a relative where playing games is practically all he does - he doesn't have a job, doesn't go to school, and has no interest in doing either one.

What is your opinion about technology addiction( social media, gaming etc) ?

I think it can be debilitating, or can cause people to do poorly at school or work. I think social media addiction is even worse, since it's so pervasive. With games, you sit down to play them and then you stop when you're done. But with social media, there's not that delineation, and it's far more pervasive. Social media follows you around everywhere. And where games just want your attention while you're playing, social media demands your attention all the time. It's easy to lose hours and hours of time to social media. I have a family member who struggled at school last year - failing to turn in assignments and projects, doing poorly on tests - and I think it was in large part due to social media and gaming addiction, because she would spend all her on her phone or computer, playing games or on social media.

Completed. My old friend from school was kicked out of the university due to his gaming problem with WOW, so I know how it is.

Done, from USA,27.

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Done from Taiwan, 24

Done, from Italy, 24.

Done, from UK 20

A guy from Germany has finished the survey. ;)

nice, are you going to share results after its finished?

Done from the Netherlands, 27