Is gaming addiction a problem? – Part 2

For people that see others waiting in front of a Gamestop at midnight to buy a video game, this may offend you, but I really do not care. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I am a very big video gamer, but I am not addicted to video gaming, and for anybody to say that I am should not be quick to judge. Personally, I loathe the word addict. It makes me feel like I have a problem that has the potential of killing me in the long run if I’m not careful. But that’s enough about me, it’s time for the subject at hand.

People that say that gaming is a problem are the people that have problems themselves in their own lives, so naturally they feel that they need to place blame on others to make themselves feel good. Look at what persistent gaming has done for people. Now there are professional gaming leagues where people are making this into a business, just to play games for a living. These people also get paid large amounts of money just to keep people entertained with their superior gaming prowess, and you people say that being a game addict is bad. Addiction to me is just a fancy term for really liking something to the point you are willing to give up other things to do what you like to do. In a sense, it’s kind of like Lent in a twisted way. Besides, gamers do other things besides gaming. We have jobs, hobbies besides gaming, we exercise (for the most part. Look at DDR! That’s a game, and exercise all rolled into one nice and neat slice of video gaming genius. Plus, with the Wii out, there is an exercising tool that is the controller! You have to get up to play it, and with sone of the motions required to play, you get a pretty decent workout from it! If that isn’t enough to appease the biggest skeptic, I don’t know what is.), and we WRITE! I guarantee you a good portion of the helium population are gamers. Gamers are NOT addicts, nor should be classified as addicts. Try using some anti-gamer slander on something that needs to be addressed, like smoking, excessive drinking, and gun control that fits the 5th amendment. Those truely need to be fixed in this society, not gaming addiction.