Comments on: Gaming is Becoming an Addiction http://socyberty.com/issues/gaming-is-becoming-an-addiction/ Thu, 31 May 2012 16:25:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: klael http://socyberty.com/issues/gaming-is-becoming-an-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-53523 klael Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:19:43 +0000 http://socyberty.com/issues/gaming-is-becoming-an-addiction/#comment-53523 As one of those gamers you speak about, I find the whole of it rather hard to swallow. I am a hardcore gamer, 18 years of age, have appeared in the top ranks of a shooter in australia, yet even through all my gaming, I -and most others- actually DO NOT ignore our girlfriends/wives. Currently I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for the last 13 months now, and I'm sure I can safely say that your generalisation about gamers is rather false.<br /> <br /> That isnt to say that you are lying, or that it isn't happening to you. I am not trying to demean you in any way, but I have grown up playing computer games from a very young age, being from the time when computer games really started kicking off. I own pretty much every gaming console that is out, minus the PS3 which I presently can't afford. <br /> <br /> But I have no problems being able to turn away from it for a day or a week to spend time with the girl I love. Yes, we can get absorbed into it on occasion, but that happens with everyone be it with games or gardening. If he doesnt realise he is doing it then just say something and I'm sure he will snap out of it... Also about your influencing of children, I have a little brother, 8 at the moment, who was grown up with his dad playing computer games, his older brother and sisters playing computer games, he sits there and plays, but then he will also run off to go play with a friend, so I do not understand where the ignoring comes from, it actually brings my family together a lot more. As one of those gamers you speak about, I find the whole of it rather hard to swallow. I am a hardcore gamer, 18 years of age, have appeared in the top ranks of a shooter in australia, yet even through all my gaming, I -and most others- actually DO NOT ignore our girlfriends/wives. Currently I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for the last 13 months now, and I’m sure I can safely say that your generalisation about gamers is rather false.

That isnt to say that you are lying, or that it isn’t happening to you. I am not trying to demean you in any way, but I have grown up playing computer games from a very young age, being from the time when computer games really started kicking off. I own pretty much every gaming console that is out, minus the PS3 which I presently can’t afford.

But I have no problems being able to turn away from it for a day or a week to spend time with the girl I love. Yes, we can get absorbed into it on occasion, but that happens with everyone be it with games or gardening. If he doesnt realise he is doing it then just say something and I’m sure he will snap out of it… Also about your influencing of children, I have a little brother, 8 at the moment, who was grown up with his dad playing computer games, his older brother and sisters playing computer games, he sits there and plays, but then he will also run off to go play with a friend, so I do not understand where the ignoring comes from, it actually brings my family together a lot more.

]]> By: Sheena http://socyberty.com/issues/gaming-is-becoming-an-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-53527 Sheena Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:11:42 +0000 http://socyberty.com/issues/gaming-is-becoming-an-addiction/#comment-53527 I am sorry it took so long for me to get back to you Kelly. I wish I had an answer for you but the only thing I have found that even slightly helps me is to threaten to leave and sometimes it opens their eyes. Luckily it did my husbands when our daughter actually closed his laptop and said "dada no play". Her saying that opened his eyes. Try letting him know how you feel and tell him that if he doesnt care enough for you to respect your feelings that despite how bad it will hurt you to walk away that you will so that you wont get more attached and make it worse later on from not doing anything about how you feel now. I hope that makes some since to you and please let me know how it goes for you. I am sorry it took so long for me to get back to you Kelly. I wish I had an answer for you but the only thing I have found that even slightly helps me is to threaten to leave and sometimes it opens their eyes. Luckily it did my husbands when our daughter actually closed his laptop and said “dada no play”. Her saying that opened his eyes. Try letting him know how you feel and tell him that if he doesnt care enough for you to respect your feelings that despite how bad it will hurt you to walk away that you will so that you wont get more attached and make it worse later on from not doing anything about how you feel now. I hope that makes some since to you and please let me know how it goes for you.

]]> By: kelly http://socyberty.com/issues/gaming-is-becoming-an-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-53519 kelly Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:54:56 +0000 http://socyberty.com/issues/gaming-is-becoming-an-addiction/#comment-53519 I am 31 and my boyfriend is addicted to the online game World War Craft. We have been together for 2 years. We do not live together. He lives an 1 1/2 away from me. We only get to see each other on the weekends. Our relationship is in jeopardy because of the game. He won't go anywhere with me. He thinks its perfectly alright for him to ignore me all weekend while he plays the game. He eats all of his meals at the computer. His apartment is a disaster. He won't go do laundry. I am ready to break up with him even though I really love him. It is effecting every aspect of our relationship. He is often too tired for intimacy because of the game. I see a bleak future for us. How can I make him see the light? I am 31 and my boyfriend is addicted to the online game World War Craft. We have been together for 2 years. We do not live together. He lives an 1 1/2 away from me. We only get to see each other on the weekends. Our relationship is in jeopardy because of the game. He won’t go anywhere with me. He thinks its perfectly alright for him to ignore me all weekend while he plays the game. He eats all of his meals at the computer. His apartment is a disaster. He won’t go do laundry. I am ready to break up with him even though I really love him. It is effecting every aspect of our relationship. He is often too tired for intimacy because of the game. I see a bleak future for us. How can I make him see the light?

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