aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Addicted to gaming

Among Melissa Lafsky’s FREAKest links yesterday:

In light of our recent discussion of Internet Addiction Disorder, let it be known that the London Free Press reports that U.S. doctors are lobbying to have video game addiction classified as a psychiatric disorder. Online Gamer’s Anonymous, meanwhile, is packed with postings from gamers seeking control of their habits.

From the comments:

Play video games for six hours a day? Addict.

Watch TV for six hours a day? Perfectly normal.