International health officials are set to classify excessive video game playing as a mental health disorder — and parents who gave out games as gifts this year may want to take note. The World Health ...

Violent video games can be as addicting as drugs, experts say. “It affects the same pleasure centers in the brain that make people want to come back,” said Dr. Michael Fraser, a clinical psychologist ...

An early policy amendment has suggested that video game addicts may be exempt from mandatory military service but so far, no one has qualified for the exemption. Sa Youn Hwang Sa Youn(Sy) loves ...

A South Korean boy starved to death as his video game-addicted dad played online at an Internet cafe, police said. The jobless 22-year-old, whose surname is Chung, allegedly left his 2-year-old tot ...

A 15-year-old middle schoolboy strangled his mother earlier this week in a fit of anger during an argument over his playing of violent computer games and then took his own life, sounding a wake-up ...

What do the comments say? Well, the comments reveal there are a lot of Xbox Game Pass subscribers addicted right now to indie hit. “It’s addicting as heck i just wanted to try it and somehow sat there ...

Adapted from an article that originally appeared in The New York Times Magazine. Charlie Bracke can't remember a time when he wasn't into video games. During his childhood, his passion for them didn't ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from the “Squid Game” Season 2 premiere, now streaming on Netflix. The second season of Netflix’s hit Korean drama “Squid Game” opens with a literal ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The definition of addiction is murky. In fact, many psychologists prefer the term "pathological ...

For quite a few of us, video game addiction is something that has crossed our mind a few times, if not several times. Whether it was a friend, family member, or even us that were actually addicted is ...