Video Game Addiction
Judy Ramsook
November 24, 2006
For me, it all began with the original eight bit Nntendo system and the game cartridge that came with the system upon purchase. The game? The Super Mario Brothers. Also on this same cartridge was the Duck Hunt game. One needed the zapper to play this particular game because of the simulated shooting involved.
Those games were and are exciting for video game newcomers and seasoned gamers alike. Although the Super Mario Brothers game started out with three lives, more could be found in secret areas throughout the game or by the video game player skillfully acquiring one hundred coins.
But even though Mario died many times before rescuing Princess Peach, depending on the player's skill level, dying one too many times did not discourage players who became addicted to pressing buttons on the Nintendo controller, managing Mario as he ran, jumped and raced to the flag at the end of each level or feeling your heart beat a little faster as Mario, with your help, stomped on an enemy, completed a level with all three lives in tact and ultimately beat Bowzer himself.
It’s all part of the video game addiction.
An addiction that has been passed down from one generation to the next. Here are just some of the ways one can tell if he/she has such an addiction.
If you find yourself spending an entire day doing nothing but playing a video game, you have the fever.
If you are busily walking through the mall and upon spotting the video game store, you look in but don’t have the time to enter and purchase something, you have the fever.
Similarly, if you go shopping and you just have to pay a visit to the video game section of the store to see if they might have something new that you might want to play, you have the fever.
If you are visiting a friend or relative and some one there is playing a video game and you show an avid interest in what game is being played, you have the fever.
If your friends come over to visit you and you will not socialize with them until you have defeated whatever video game villain you are in the process of beating, you have the fever.
We all have our addictions. It is just that some of ours happen to be playing video games. It’s safe, there are no illegal drugs or substances involved, and a player can get a natural high from defeating a difficult villain or solving a puzzle that may have seemed impossible to solve at first. Let's face it, the more high tech the video game system, the more difficult or challenging the games can be.
My video game addiction is not so bad now though. I play them only when I really feel a video game moment coming on or if I get a hold of the latest RPG or Final Fantasy game, then I can be a goner, for sure.
The above article was previously published on www.todays-woman.net
Those games were and are exciting for video game newcomers and seasoned gamers alike. Although the Super Mario Brothers game started out with three lives, more could be found in secret areas throughout the game or by the video game player skillfully acquiring one hundred coins.
But even though Mario died many times before rescuing Princess Peach, depending on the player's skill level, dying one too many times did not discourage players who became addicted to pressing buttons on the Nintendo controller, managing Mario as he ran, jumped and raced to the flag at the end of each level or feeling your heart beat a little faster as Mario, with your help, stomped on an enemy, completed a level with all three lives in tact and ultimately beat Bowzer himself.
It’s all part of the video game addiction.
An addiction that has been passed down from one generation to the next. Here are just some of the ways one can tell if he/she has such an addiction.
If you find yourself spending an entire day doing nothing but playing a video game, you have the fever.
If you are busily walking through the mall and upon spotting the video game store, you look in but don’t have the time to enter and purchase something, you have the fever.
Similarly, if you go shopping and you just have to pay a visit to the video game section of the store to see if they might have something new that you might want to play, you have the fever.
If you are visiting a friend or relative and some one there is playing a video game and you show an avid interest in what game is being played, you have the fever.
If your friends come over to visit you and you will not socialize with them until you have defeated whatever video game villain you are in the process of beating, you have the fever.
We all have our addictions. It is just that some of ours happen to be playing video games. It’s safe, there are no illegal drugs or substances involved, and a player can get a natural high from defeating a difficult villain or solving a puzzle that may have seemed impossible to solve at first. Let's face it, the more high tech the video game system, the more difficult or challenging the games can be.
My video game addiction is not so bad now though. I play them only when I really feel a video game moment coming on or if I get a hold of the latest RPG or Final Fantasy game, then I can be a goner, for sure.
The above article was previously published on www.todays-woman.net
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