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What’s leisure and what’s game addiction in the 21st century?
The World Health Organization’s description of “gaming disorder” as an “addictive behavior disorder” includes a vague description of how much digital gaming is too much.
- Lindsay Grace
- The Conversation
The WHO warns that “people who partake in gaming should be alert to the amount of time they spend on gaming activities.”
At what point does a leisure activity turn into an addiction?
Games researchers are no strangers to complaints about the dangers of too much game playing.
Video games have been blamed for causing aggression, unemployment and even the vitamin D deficiency called rickets.
Games have also…