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08.23.2009 5:33 am

Video gamers: fat, sad, addicted and doomed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gamers might as well take that last step off the ledge.

Study findings from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention in the United States and the University of Adelaide in Australia suggest people who play games frequently have personality problems, an addiction,…

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08.22.2009 1:28 pm

A place to go for gaming addiction

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Do you park in front of a game console until day and night are almost indistinguishable? Is it easier to describe the Little Sisters in “BioShock” than your own children?

Then maybe you need the reStart Internet Addiction Recovery Program, a…

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04.21.2009 11:38 am

Video game addiction study needs more research

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If a just-released study by Iowa State University and the National Institute on Media and the Family is accurate, then I’m a video game addict — just like the 30 million or so other American children and teens ages 8 to…

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03.23.2009 11:41 am

China’s anti-addiction efforts would be wasted here

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last week, China announced it had gotten a firm grip on video game addiction and believed to have it under control.

Big news anywhere in the world but especially in China, where the bizarre story of a 26-year-old man dying from 15…

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02.03.2009 10:13 am

Gaming ‘analyst’ undermines his own reputation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Look around online for reports of the recession’s impact on video gaming and one name surfaces often: Michael Pachter.

He’s the guy ostensibly with Wedbush Morgan Securities that a lot of publications have cited lately on whether gaming will surf the rough…

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10.22.2008 12:00 pm

Dr. Phil: Helpful or hype-ful?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In the wake of Dr. Phil McGraw’s show Monday about video game addiction, there’s this perspective

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