well, i think they can....... because you can get addicted to anything................ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!

well i tthink people should not play games that much
don't get blind from watching yourself play game all day.
if we play so much games then you will be so into it and
you would never want to stop playing that game.I would
never want to play game all day!well thats it for now

yes,cause it's fun

kinda it`s a way to do somthing eals just to get away

vidieo games are awsome. xbox is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Video games can't rot your brain. He just uses all his brain power on the video game so that when he is not doing something else he is not it to it...

I think you van get addicted to tv, viedo games, movies, and computer games.

An addiction is an un-normal/unhealthy physcial or phsychological need to do a particular thing. Under this definition anything can become an addiction including video games.

I think it's possible to get addicted to video games in your mind, but it's all mental. You're body really has no craving for i, but your mind might. I do, however, think it would be an easy addiction to stop if 24/7 video game players would get a hobby. But I wouldn't really know because I don't play video games very often.

My sig!: Life is way too short, so, if you really want to, jump off the bridge that no one else even dares to jump off.

KIDS WILL BE ALWAYS KIDS BUT THINK SOMETHING IN CLEAR WAY KIDS CAN BE CREATIVE WHEN THEY PLAYING THE VIDEOGAMES, WHEN THEY GREW UP THEY CAN CREATE GRAPHIC FOR VIDEO GAMES. I SUPPORT THAT BUT DON'T PLAY TOO MUCH PLAYING OUTSIDE IS BEST THAN SIT ALLDAY WITH VIDEO GAMES.

MY FAVORTIE OF VIDEO GAMES IS SIMS CUZ ITS SAME AS WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THAT VIDEO GAMES HAVE STARTED AS AN INNOCENT WAY OF INTERACTIVE ENJOYMENT BUT IT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A HUGE DISTRACTION. INSTEAD OF KIDS GETTING ACTIVE DURING THE SUMMER THEY ARE ZONING OUT ON THEIR TVs. THEY MAY NOT BE ADDICTIVE BUT MOST AREN'T GOOD.

Have you ever thought that it might be the parents fault that the child becomes addicted? It is up to the parents to monitor their childs usage of the computer or console. In adults, it is their own responsibility to monitor their own usage of how much they play games. Sure, some people may be addicted to the computer, I for one am, but I am not always playing games. There are many other things to do rather than just play games. Although, I do balance this out with out door recreational activity. Gameing addictions do happen, but their just as easily broken. Anything can become an addiction if you enjoy it enough. Just look at World of Warcraft.

I could quit any time I want. Video games are so boring and are bad for your brain. There are better stuff to do than play video games.

people can definetly become addicted to video games because i dont even have a ps ...and yet whenever i get the chance im playing!!!they can DEFINETLY become an addiction!!!!

my friend likes to play video games and he doesnt come out side so how m i supposed to deal with this

Like any behavior that offers some kind of stimuli, playing video games certainly can become a compulsion (I prefer that term to "addiction" in this case, but that's splitting hairs).

Games are fun, socially acceptable, relatively inexpensive (as far as additions/compulsions go), escapist, and provide a theoretically endless set of challenges that can be measured (through points, levels, screens, etc.).

One of my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, titled The Game, showed the Enterprise crew become almost consumed by a neuro-optic video game designed to produce the psychological and physical effects of a highly addictive drug.

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My wife says yes, but I think no. But as usual, she's probably right.

i thhink you cannot become addicted because u couldalways stopv

of corse i do

duh, video games are addictive, i would pay so much to play one now!!!!!!!

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It is possible to become addicted to video games. One has to exercise good discipline to prrevent themselves from becoming a slave to playing games. Life is too short to spend so much time at this form of entertainment. Time to remove oneself from the game and begin interacting with family, friends and community; this will enrich one's life so much more!! Playing games is okay, but it shouldn't be all one does!!!

I put this answer because just like it says... anything can become an addiction.

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I think that a lot of people get addicted to video games and sometimes it get in the way of other things such as school.

video games dont rlly matter if they have violence and what not bcuz either way their gonna see it!! and if u wanted to u could jus go out and get a life...u dont have to be at the tv 24/7 go have fun w/other ppl besides sumone on the video game!!

yes, i think that someone can get addicted to video games. okay like there is someone at my school that is completely into video games. and when he went home that is all he would do all day and all night. it is so crazy. i admit that i play tons of video games but that is not what i spend all my time on. i dont spend all my money on video games either.

i dobt peoplejust like to play and dont want to to but they can choose to stop. take me for example i played a game for 100 hours strate just because i did not want tto taop i wated to play for 10 more hours but i decided not to because i could stop i wasnt addicited. so ha

PEOPLE CAN BECOME ADDICTED TO MOST EVERYTHING...

Of course. Anything that activates the reward system of the brain can be considered addictive, and video games obviously do that...

Video games are junk food for the brain. An additional fact - one expends more calories staring at a blank wall as compared to staring at a TV show

definately

b/c thats how i personally am...

No, heck no i play video games all the time and still get bored of them somrtimes!

I play a lot of video games. Love 'em. LOVE THEM. I get "addicted" to a game, but only until I have cleared it. Then I lose all interest. And playing is not what is addictive, it is the goal to clear the game, save the princess, destroy the last boss, whatever. But if I don't have a fun game, I am not interested - I don't play just to play. That said, I have managed to avoid all on line games as I fear that they will be the death of me - I watched someone play City of Heroes once and I had to restrain myself for weeks to not join in and play because I could easily see it consuming my life. And since it seems like there is no way to "clear" the game I would play it endlessly.

i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo addicted to video games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

video game r sweet

what can i say? once u start playin u cant stop. nice job, gettin urself addicted

you can stop eventually cause you have a choice then the only thing that you want is to manage your time!!!!! and
every thing follows!!!

Yes, I think you can. The reason i say this is because you can get addicted to just about anything. For example people can be addicted to phones, computers, shoes, and etc. So I think you can get addicted to games.

I would like to prove a fact here, and I will. Heres the fact. Some peoples brains are stimulated by different things in ways that allow them to seriously enjoy the activity that they are doing at the time. Whatever it may be. It could be writing, reading, poetry, drawing, using a computer, talking on your cell phone or text messaging, exercising, playing a sport and last but not least video games. All of these activities are simulating to the brain in some form of way. But as a true video gamer. I can tell you that if you are one with an imagination and have learned how to play a video game console you will be addicted. I mean addicted as in not only will you find yourself playing more games. You won't be able to get enough video games thus playing them longer and for longer periods of time. The reason for this is because our brains become so stimulated by the visuals of the game and the intensity that it brings that it further draws us more and more into the game. Advanced video games (as I will call them) are not for beginners, and a beginner is someone who doesn't understand the controls of the remote they are using to manipulate the character that you are playing in the game or whatever it may be. But someone who constantly plays video games not only is addicted, but their brain craves the creativity the game gives them. Thus FURTHER more drawing that person even more into the game NOT ONLY causing them to crave this desired effect the game gives, but they simply cannot remove themselves from the game because the game is so stimulating that its more powerful than an exercise you could do, a book you could read, talking on your cell phone or whatever else you may or might do with your time. For those minds that live in a fantasy world, and this means outside of a video game where they enjoy taking on the role of a different character and absolutely LOVE being able to manipulate that character in the game using these new found skills they've honed. Its simply and I quote unquote this *the most intense and immensely simulating activity a brain can endure*.

Now I'm sure someone reading this is going to disagree with me, and I can only imagine that a few video gamers who really like video games, but don't play that often will also disagree. But the fact is anyone who's taken heart and indulged into a video game knows and understands how stimulating it is. Anyone else who says they are boring simply cannot relate to the character or fascination of the game itself and thus they are not *into* or able to get into the game. Video games are like reading a book. Like a book you can seriously get drawn into the book and once its time to put down that book you may find it hard because you want to know whats going to happen next. You want to visualize the excitement it may bring or the mystery or whatever it may be! I love books to so i'm not hating on book readers because they are very stimulating to my imagination as well.

But I must say this. Video games are amazingly addictive especially to someone that gets bored easily. Because video games simply eliminate that boredom with a stimuli from doing objectives in the game that allow you to progress which simply draw the person playing the game further more. That is all I am really want to say. Feel free to email me on this subject. I'm addicting to computers and video games for over 10 years. I know the feeling, and I know what kind of psychological effect they can bring just from spending countless hours away from society, friends, family, and in general doing other activities as well. Its hard. Real hard to pull away from an addicting game to do something else. Not even willpower and sheer obedience.

games are fun. maybe to much fun

i think kids shouldn't play video games at all, escept the sims 2 of course

I think that it depends on how the person is. If the person has an addictive personality then that person will be addicted to the video game.

People who do not have their priorities straight will more than likely be addicted to the games. The game should not b controlled with the time because the child or person will just feel they need it more. If they have no limit they will eventually get bored with what they are doing and move onto something different.

so yeah i saw that someone was slashing on the parents for this one?

that is not true. The parents only can limit the time they don't get to limit how addicted a child will become to this game.

jeeze people... use some common SENSE.

video games make you smarter

Straight up. I can't get off games, and I need to find a job :(