Videogames may be habit-forming – even addictive – but playing them can be a healthy response to traumatic events in real life.
Why do people always say "computer games are addictive" as if that's a bad thing? There is endless hand-wringing about the supposedly addictive properties of gaming. The release of a new World of Warcraft expansion pack has brought the issue up again, but the idea of game addiction has been around for a while, contributing to the image of computer games as dangerous, disturbing and unhealthy.
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
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I definitely think games offer a sense of escapism that can help get through traumatic events. I know it's helped me get through a lot of family/girlfriend problems in the past.