addiction
News
iPhone Bejeweled 2 Gets Free Blitz Update
9:00AM Mike Fahey | What’s the only thing more addictive than Bejeweled 2 on the iPhone? How about Bejeweled 2 with links to the Facebook version? A free update from PopCap gives iPhone players just that. More »
Regulars
Achievements, 100 Percent, And Games: Fun Or Compulsive Behavior?
5:00AM Owen Good | Finishing a bad or uninteresting book might feel like a chore, or at least unsatisfying, but it’s nothing like playing to the end of a game you don’t care for. Why do so many still choose to do this? More »
Culture
Japanese Newspaper Wonders About “Game Addicts”
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Mainichi Daily News is running a three part series on online game addiction. More »
Culture
MTV Seeks Gaming Addicts For Reality Show
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | MTV’s documentary series “True Life” is looking for you, if you’re addicted to playing video games to the point that that it’s ruining your life. The decade-old reality show is seeking hardcore addicts for “True Life: I’m Addicted To Videogames.” More »
Culture
Study: 8.5 Percent Of Kids Gamers ‘Pathological Gamers’
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Research time! According to The Washington Post, researcher Douglas Gentile of Iowa State University discovered that at 8.5 percent of 8-18 year-old Americans are “pathological” gamers. More »
Culture
News Show Looks At Death of Xbox Runaway, Dark Side of Gaming
7:00AM Brian Crecente | This Friday CBC News show The Fifth Estate takes a look at the \sad case of teen gamer runaway Brandon Crisp. More »
Media
AJ on X-Play – Yes, I’m a Girl, You Can Stop Speculating
11:20AM AJ Glasser | A couple of weeks back, I climbed on a soapbox about the media frenzy surrounding video games in connection with real life violence or tragedy.
Media
Video Game Addict Is A Real, Sad Case
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Straight from the TV show of the same name, this intervention is from an episode earlier this year. And is sad, sad viewing. Oh, except for the Shinobi part. That part, totally understandable. More »
Italian Boy ‘Addicted’ To Playstation, Says Actual Doctor
8:20AM Stuart Houghton | 13 year old Lorenzo Amato was rushed to hospital by his father, where doctors at first thought he may have been suffering from a stroke or brain disorder. But no – after closer examination, the medics diagnosed ‘Playstation Addiction’. More »
