China To Ban All-Day Online Gaming: You Go Now!
China doesn’t want its citizens to become video game-playing zombies, so it’s going to impose restrictions on the amount of time gamers can play. This doesn’t just apply to Internet cafes, either, but...
View ArticleAMA to Vote on Whether or Not Video Game/Internet Addiction is a Real Medical...
The American Medical Association is taking steps to classify Internet and video game addiction as an actual medical condition. A vote is scheduled next week where members will decide whether or not to...
View ArticleVideo Game Addiction Not Real, Not Yet At Least
An actual addict So all this talk about video games possibly being addictive, yeah, it’s all nonsense. Well, so far it is. Whereas the American Medical Association was prepared to discuss classifying...
View ArticleHong Kong man leaves his kid on the sidewalk during marathon gaming session
Those Hong Kongians must live in a crazy future world, because now even their vices are next-generation. Some truly serious gamer dad over there, upon learning that he couldn’t bring his 7-year-old...
View ArticleTwo children being treated for cellphone addiction
Flickr’d “Talking, texting or playing games,” for six hours a day. Does that sound like addiction to you? Well, apparently it is. Two kids in Spain, aged 12 and 13, were recently admitted to a mental...
View ArticleTop psychiatrist wants Internet addiction officially recognized
Internet addiction is real, is a clinical disorder and should be recognized by the community as such. So says a a prominent psychiatrist in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The symptoms of internet...
View ArticleItalian boy diagnosed with ‘PlayStation addiction’
An Italian boy has been diagnosed with “PlayStation addiction” following a marathon gaming session. The boy, 13, was rushed to a hospital where doctors thought he had suffered a stroke or some other...
View ArticleMost of the time, video game addiction isn't addiction at all
Well look at that, most gamers who are “addicted” to gaming aren’t addicted at all. That’s the conclusion of the first clinic set up to help gaming addicts get off the smack, Amsterdam’s Smith &...
View ArticleStudy: Those who are most ‘connected’ aren't necessarily happy with being so...
Are you a Digital Collaborator? A Media Mover? Or maybe you’re a fearsome Ambivalent Networker? No idea what these phrases mean? (Good!) They refer to the level of technological integration in a...
View ArticleFirst-of-its-kind Internet addiction treatment center opens in the U.S.
Raise your hand if you consider yourself an Internet addict. Go ahead, no one here will judge you. (How could we: all of us are online at least 12 hours per day.) The thing is, if you feel like your...
View ArticleVideo game addiction is hard
Good God. There’s an article that was published on Green Pixels not too long ago that discussed video game addiction. It’s your standard-issue “question” piece, where the writer asks a question—can...
View ArticlePANIC! Study finds that students are addicted to their iPhones!!
200 students surveyed in a Stanford study were found to be “addicted” to their iPhones. “When asked to rank their dependence on the iPhone on a scale of one to five – five being addicted and one being...
View ArticleVideo game addiction: The same as getting high on cocaine?
A UK therapist claims that two hours of playing video games gives the same high as doing a line of cocaine. Of course that raises the question of, well, what would you rather your kid do, bump lines...
View ArticleStudy: Nearly A Quarter Of U.S. Students Say They're Addicted To The Internet
Are the kids alright? Probably not, if you follow this study from the University of Maryland that says students today all but admit to being addicted to the Internet and media consumption. One student...
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A New App Called Moment Shows You How Addicted You Are To Your iPhone
Some of us jokingly say that we’re addicted to our iPhones. A newly released app called Moment will show us just how true that statement may be. Designed to promote a healthier balance between our...
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How Many Times A Day Do You Check Your Phone? Checky Will Tell You.
In today’s hyper-connected world, meditation and relaxation-focused resource Calm gives you a much-needed mental break during the day, and can help you quiet the spinning wheels in your head when it’s...
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Heavy Internet use leads to school burnout in teens
As if you didn’t need more proof that your darn kids need to get off the computer and into the back yard, researchers at the University of Helsinki and Department of Psychology have found that...
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Play My Way app aims to turn kids’ love of mobile devices on its head
Parents despairing of ever being able to separate their offspring from the mobile devices glued to their fingertips might be interested in an app called Play My Way that’s being built by a startup...
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Block is a fancy Faraday cage to take your dinner party offline
A group of Dutch entrepreneurs is hoping to build a business out of helping smartphone users manage their device addiction — via a Faraday cage housed inside a fancy looking hexagonal aluminum case...
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A New App Called Moment Shows You How Addicted You Are To Your iPhone
Some of us jokingly say that we’re addicted to our iPhones. A newly released app called Moment will show us just how true that statement may be. Designed to promote a healthier balance between our real...
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