A recent study of video gaming had some sad statistics.
"We're starting to see a number of studies from different cultures -- in Europe, the US and Asia -- and they're all showing that somewhere around 7 to 11 per cent of gamers seem to be having real problems to the point that they're considered pathological gamers."
I thought it was funny that they define the "safe zone" of game playing as about 20 hours or less a week. That's an incredible amount of wasted time.
Pathological Video Game Use Among Youths: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study
A pdf of the full study is available here.
2 comments:
I'm not saying it's good that we have kids gaming all day, but for many of those pathological players, without video games, they would be sitting in front of a tv instead of a console.
Of the two, they are probably better off with the form of entertainment that involves active participation, puzzle solving skills and hand-eye coordination.
I agree that the brain activity with many games is probably higher than with televsion, after all we have more brain activity while sleeping than when watching television.
But I think 20+ hours of games a week is a bit much.
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