1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comMark J. Kline Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/markjkline/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DXjRs9y9OU"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/addicted-to-gaming/">Addicted to Gaming</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/addicted-to-gaming/embed/#?secret=DXjRs9y9OU" width="600" height="338" title="“Addicted to Gaming” — The Escapist" data-secret="DXjRs9y9OU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Dear Dr. Mark, I was recently having a conversation with my brother about a video game we both love. He told me he was trying to stop playing because he was worried he was addicted due to a recent conversation he’d had with a friend’s mother who is “studying addiction” in college. My concern isn’t really whether or not my brother’s addicted (from what I can tell he’s perfectly healthy), but the conversation did start me wondering about what videogame addiction looks like, and whether any serious gamer might be labeled as addicted. Is videogame addiction real, or is it […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/67/67222.jpg