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Category: Education, Medicine & Health
Tags: addiction, computer games, solutions
Points:
There are effective solutions to the problem of computer gaming addiction.  
  • because: it can be treated the same way as gambling and drinking addictions  

    • because: addicts can get help from support groups and psychological counseling  

  • because: the public can be educated about the dangers of computer gaming addiction  

    • because: awareness of the problem is important with the growing number of games and more Internet access  

  • because: game operators can monitor the amount of time people spend playing computer games  

    • but: some addicts may create multiple personalities to hide their problem  

    • but: game companies have no real incentive to do this  

      • because: it is against their business interests to keep people from playing  

    • but: users may view monitoring as an invasion of privacy  

    • because: users can be warned if they have spent too much time playing  

  • because: addictive features of games can be reduced  

    • but: this may detract from the gaming experience for non-addicted users  

    • but: new online games have a community component that is potentially addictive  

    • because: frequent users would not be highly rewarded  


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