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The Real Story Behind Gaming Addiction 300

Posted by Soulskill from the spotlight-on-black-tar-warcraft dept.
Gamespot is running a feature looking into the facts behind gaming addiction: what it is, whether it exists, and why the need still exists for objective research into the issue. Quoting: "[Richard M. Ryan, a psychologist and professor of psychology, psychiatry, and education at the University of Rochester in New York] thinks the lack of quality research into video game overuse will be rectified with time as games become more sophisticated in the ways they satisfy people's psychological needs. 'We have a lot of people, some in the media and some in the sciences, who are too ready to make very strong claims about video games, whether we are talking about aggression, addiction, or cultural estrangement, based on very little evidence. I think that is especially how the media often sells stories. Some commentators exaggerate risks, and on the other hand there are defenders of games who deny any and all problems and attack any perceived bad news. Games are relatively new in our culture, and such vacillation between hysteria and denial I suspect often greets any new phenomenon, from hip-hop to the Internet to video games. Both sides usually have some part of the truth, but it may be a while before at least we as scientists, much less as a society, have a coherent understanding.'"

Comment Re:MS-PL (Score 1) 227

by kozmico (#27435655) Attached to: Microsoft Open Sources ASP.NET MVC
I agree. The wording and the length of the MS-POL license amaze me. My first thought was that it was the preface, but it was actually the whole license. The license looks like many other well accepted open source licenses.

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