“Playing video games never hurt anyone.” If you’ve ever gotten involved with any kind of debate around video games — particularly those involving the practices of the ESRB, PEGI, or those who link playing video games with violent real-life behavior, then you’ve heard someone say this at some point. Is it true though? I still remember hearing two news stories — one in 2005 and another in 2012 — in which video games really did hurt someone, in a manner of speaking. More accurately, video game addiction killed two men.
The DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is the book through which all mental, social, psychological, and similar disorders are classified and defined. The latest version of the DSM, the DSM-5, classifies “Internet Gaming Disorder” as a section 3 condition, which basically means that it needs to be studied more in order for it to be classified as a genuine disorder. For those who have suffered addiction to video games, however, the condition is far from hypothetical.
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