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Social Game Addiction vs. Gambling Addiction #4

Open incompl opened 11 years ago

incompl commented 11 years ago

the cost is time and social currency rather than money

it's a bad habit. but is it more?

pathological gambling is a impulse control disorder

achrissmith commented 11 years ago

Re: Time and video games

Relevant article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402479,00.asp 235,182 years of time spent playing Halo. It might also be worth mentioning the so-called "10,000 hour rule" (the time it takes to become an expert in something). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)