Do you think people can get addicted to video games ?

yes

Of course you can. Humans can get addicted to anything they enjoy.

Yes, especially it's easy to get addicted if you spend money on a f2p game...
My friend spent about 400 euros on World of tanks... That's just sad.

Of course. I am no expert, but I remember reading about how people become addicts to random things. To my understanding, people begin to do things to a point it is an obsession because it gives them a high, but not like drugs or alcohol. Hoarders, for an example, might hoard because they get a slight temporary happiness boost for buying stuff. People could easily be addicted to TV or video games because it brings us happiness, enjoyment, etc. I think some people are more capable of resisting video game addiction, some might not have to. However, I am positive that almost anything can be an addiction for the right person.

I feel as though I'm addicted to adding to my backlog. I swear I spend more time shopping for games, reading about games, and entering giveaways for games than I actually play the stupid things.

Yes.

People get addicted to games easily. Especially ones with timers on them. The game doesn't even have to be that great or complex. I played WarFlow for a few weeks. Never spent a dollar on it because I'm a cheap ass but the strongest guild's leader on that server had spent over 30k on the game. This is a game where, unlike entropia or TF2 cosmetic items, you're not investing. You can't sell it again. It's all gone into making your character better that much faster. And since the whole point of the game is for people to recognize you and your reputation, there wasn't much of a market for buying characters. But if you stop playing for even one week, other people will catch up to you and over take you in strength. So you can't stop if you hope to keep your lead... Which, amazingly, is very important to some people. There's tons of little browser games like this catered specifically for those people who get addicted.

Yes. Here is an excellent piece about the consequences of game addiction.

You can't develop a physical dependency on video games like you can with hard drugs but you can definitely get addicted (just like you can get addicted to sex or the rush of extreme sports).

Well, it's better to be addicted to games than to heroine, lol.

I actually was... but then you just "grow up" and understand that is not healthy to spend from 2pm to 1am playing on pc and not having social life. Now, 3 years after, i play 1 hour max and i don't feel anymore the need to play for a lot of hours straight and, most important, i only play with my friends in skype, never alone.

It's only in "your head" and youre not really addicted if you can't stop playing.

Of course, and I am ... I guess

Of course, it's just not a chemical-substance addiction. It can be caused by OCD, Chemicals released in the body/brain when buying or playing a game eg: adrenaline from the excitement of the new purchase or playing a new game for the first time. Just a couple examples of more extreme cases imo.

Yeah, and I think I am. People can get addicted to everything. Drugs, videogames, knitting socks, drinking, specific music composition or some kind of food, that you think you can't live without. You can do everything, you just need to know the right "concentration" of something in your life. And that's the hardest part.

gaming can present a physicial addiction because of the sense of achievements, with achievements and trophies and even just leveling up, they cause the brain to release dopeamine causing joy, in that way video games can be just as adictive as some drugs and sex.