This may be truth but I down voted because addiction and gaming were thrown into the same pot. You have to differentiate this topics a little…
It’s the same like: car drivers don’t give a crap about the environment and drive like a*holes or people interested in football are drunken hooligans…
Too much of something is literally almost bad for a person.
Chiming in as a parent. My kids are MOST social when playing video games. They hop online with their friends and they chat and laugh and bullshit with each other.
The case against video games was created by people who think staring at the TV until they fall asleep is a good night.
Yes! studies have found that increased hours of gameplay can be associated with higher feelings of loneliness and anxiety, potentially indicating a substitution of social interactions with gaming
Depends on the game. Deep Rock Galactic is a good example of a more pro-social game, in the fps genre no less.
Assuming you have not reached the level of actual addiction anyway. Anything enjoyable, even things like sweets or gambling, can potentially become addictive. That’s a whole different consideration.
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You’re getting a lot of downvotes because Lemmy members game and don’t like it when the things they like are talked about negatively.
This may be truth but I down voted because addiction and gaming were thrown into the same pot. You have to differentiate this topics a little… It’s the same like: car drivers don’t give a crap about the environment and drive like a*holes or people interested in football are drunken hooligans…
Too much of something is literally almost bad for a person.
Edit: plus it’s posted in a gaming community too
no, they’re getting a lot of downvotes because it’s spam.
they’re not interested in legitimate discussion, they only need to promote the spam links at the end of the post.
Doing anything excessively leads to that.
What you are describing is addiction in the broadest terms and really is nothing specific to video games.
Yea, replace video games with alcohol and there is no difference in the message.
Chiming in as a parent. My kids are MOST social when playing video games. They hop online with their friends and they chat and laugh and bullshit with each other.
The case against video games was created by people who think staring at the TV until they fall asleep is a good night.
Yes! studies have found that increased hours of gameplay can be associated with higher feelings of loneliness and anxiety, potentially indicating a substitution of social interactions with gaming
“Associated with” must not be translated to “leads to”.
Wet clothes lead to hurricanes.
Depends on the game. Deep Rock Galactic is a good example of a more pro-social game, in the fps genre no less.
Assuming you have not reached the level of actual addiction anyway. Anything enjoyable, even things like sweets or gambling, can potentially become addictive. That’s a whole different consideration.