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Gaming Addiction
In the following paragraphs, I would like to talk about gaming addiction. Nowadays, computer games are being considered to be a kind of addictive events by the public, while I don¡¯t agree with the public opinion to the definition of gaming. Computer games like Counter-strike is just another way to have fun, just the same as watching rugby or having a night out in town, whereas it doesn¡¯t essentially affect life as an addictive activity. The problem with addiction lies within the person, not within the thing they are addicted to. Computer games are not chemically addictive like smoking cigarettes, or taking drugs, the source of the problem is within the mind of the person who allows him to be addicted to it.
There was a surprising event happened in NZ which had been reported by the public just a few weeks ago:
31.05.2003 3.49 am, Two 13-year-old boys went on a six-week crime spree to get
money for an internet game they seemed "addicted" to, Wellington police said.
They believed the boys had broken into up to 40 taxis during the previous six
weeks to get money to play Counter Strike. Police said the boys had been
targeting taxis because they knew they usually had large amounts of change.
A police spokesman said the
Approximate Word count = 1005
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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