Via gamepolitics, Neils Clark wrote a very thorough post about the fallacies of video game addiction perpetuated in the media and through society. Clark offered an expert opinion regarding video game addiction, many of the fallacies are focused on the nuances surrounding addiction research and gamer experiences. Although, he would’ve scolded me if he were [...]
Archive for the ‘Addiction’ Category
Neils Clark’s ten game addiction fallacies (Clark, 2009)
Posted in Addiction, Popular media, Video games on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Internet addiction and psychosocial well being among MMOG players (Caplan et al., 2009)
Posted in Addiction, Video games on September 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Whenever I need to track something down, be it a journal article, a soundtrack or participants. I become very obstinate in my search; I can’t stop searching because whenever I think of a new method or lead, it gives me hope. And it really bothers me that I don’t possess it or can’t use it. [...]
Cognitive and psychological factors of negative consequences associated with playing MMOGs (Liu & Peng, 2009)
Posted in Addiction, Video games on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve recovered from a mild flu several days ago, it’s aggravating to be sick and a lot of things suddenly piled up when you’re away, especially when there are seven video game-related articles published just this month. So, I’ve decided to review two articles because they examined the same topic.
This is part 1 of 2 of [...]
The role of passion on the costs and benefits of online video gaming (Lafrenière et al., 2009)
Posted in Addiction, Motivation and Emotion, Video games on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post is what I picked at the 2009 CPA convention in Montreal.
I am quite surprised that there are psychological studies on video games in Canada, but none have a passionate focus as do the Americans, IMO. Speaking of passion, Marc-André Lafrenière and colleagues from UQAM have applied their theories of passion unto massively multiplayer online [...]
Pathological video game use among 8 to 18 year olds (Gentile, 2009)
Posted in Addiction, Video games on April 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I realized I haven’t posted anything in almost a month. I have no excuses beside the usual procrastination and multi-tasking. Oh, I got 84 participants when I officially finished testing. Many people says it’s great, but it’s not when you realize you’re going to dump 10 or so participants from your analyses because of the [...]
the fifth estate: Top Gun, video game addiction (2009)
Posted in Addiction, Popular media, Video games on March 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Via gamepolitics, the fifth estate televised a report on Brandon Crisp and his relation to video game addiction. I wasn’t interested in the case since it first broke news some time ago because it was family matter much like that video game industry rep said. What made me watch the report is to make sure [...]
Gamecyte interview with Dr. David Walsh (Hollister, 2008)
Posted in Addiction, Aggression, Popular media, Video games on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via Gamepolitics.com, gamecyte interviewed Dr. David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and Family. I liked Dr.Walsh’s answers since they are well-grounded and he is quite in touch with everything, from gamers’, industry’s and parents’ perspective. Unlike certain crusaders. What really surprised me is how he took the media and politicians’ reactions to video [...]
Examining problematic usage among guild players in MMOs (Peters & Malesky, 2008)
Posted in Addiction, Personality Psychology, Video games on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Online video game addiction was one of the buzzwords that attracted me to the field of psychological video game research. Now I’ve expanded my interest to anything video games, but had lost some interest in addiction. Speaking of addiction, I’ve spent some considerable time at 4chan, which I am beginning to appreciate the anime humour [...]
Gender differences in brain activations while playing video games (Hoeft et al., 2008)
Posted in Addiction, Neuropsychology on February 5, 2008 | 9 Comments »
gamepolitics.com had posted a study that was mentioned by a news radio about how men are more likely to be addicted to video games than women. Following the comments in gamepolitics.com, it seems that again we need someone to read the article directly in order to present all the information to prevent any misinformation. More [...]
Affective response to video games: effects of personality, gender and in-game reinforcement (Chumbley & Griffiths, 2006)
Posted in Addiction, Aggression, Cognitive Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, Personality Psychology on February 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am getting the impression that American and European psychologists have differing views on video game effects.
Abstract
Previous research on computer games has tended to concentrate on their more negative effects (e.g., addiction, increased aggression). This study departs from the traditional clinical and social learning explanations for these behavioral phenomena and examines the effect of personality, [...]
