Do your kids play a lot of computer games? Some may end up gaming a little too obsessively. Researchers have identified the most important warning ...

Video games have become a global phenomenon, offering immersive entertainment and fostering vibrant online communities. However, for some individuals, gaming can evolve from a fun pastime into an ...

Editor's take: In 2019, the World Health Organization finally acknowledged that video game addiction is real. Although they intentionally avoid calling it that, opting for the more politically correct ...

Gaming addiction, classified as a behavioral disorder, is characterized by compulsive and excessive gaming behavior that negatively impacts various aspects of an individual’s life. The Diagnostic and ...

Son Si Woo, once scolded by his mother for his gaming addiction, now earns hundreds of thousands of dollars as a professional ...

This is half of a pair of articles that highlight the evidence for and against the existence of video game addiction. Read the counter-argument here. In 1982, three psychiatrists warned of a new ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Summer break is here, which means school is out, no more homework, and it’s time to have fun. The lack of routine and scheduled activities, however, may pose ...

Four of the biggest companies in the industry have been targeted by a lawsuit accusing them of enabling video game addiction. A complaint filed on October 30 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, ...

HUDSON, Wis. -- His mother found Shawn Woolley's body in a rocking chair in front of his computer. His head was slumped to one side -- still facing a screen of the online game that she says had become ...