Video game addiction. Sigh. Big sigh, even. Like, the biggest of sighs. We’ve talked about claims that video game addiction is a documentable affliction in the past, as well as the pushback t…

Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting::Video game addiction. Sigh. Big sigh, even. Like, the biggest of sighs. We’ve talked about claims that video game addiction is a documentable affliction in the past, as well as the pushback that claim has received from addiction experts, who have pointed out that much of this is being done to allow doctors to get…

  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    75·
    10 months ago

    True but parents have a responsibility to look at the game before letting their children play it. Should the mechanics exist? No. But should the parents look into the game beforehand? Yes

    Switch the word ‘game’ with the word ‘drug’ and the word ‘play’ with the word ‘use’, and your comment still reads the same.

    We still outlaw addictive drugs.

    • Vqhm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I highly doubt I will have the time to try all the new research drug-games my children acquire access to. Better stick to first party Nintendo games-drugs.

      In all seriousness, PBS kids apps on mobile go hard, work on any device, and are fairly educational while being easy to use and fun enough to hold attention while being completely FREE.

      We’ve paid for ABC mouse but the whole fuckin thing reeks of slot machine pokie stimulus while the puzzles and games crash often. The only thing that 100% works all the time is the store to exchange your “tickets”

      Abc mouse is the highest rated most teacher recommended app and it’s fucking awful.

      My 3 year old has gotten way more out of free software than any pay software that’s littered with addictive BS.

      I would recommend:

      GCompris

      Khan academy kids

      Learn to read Duolingo ABC

      PBS anything

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Two things.

        First, teenagers are also children, and every product that you describe would not fit them, those are more for the very young.

        Second, we’re talking about designing the game in such a way that it provokes the brain in the same way a drug would, in essence being a drug itself.

    • retrieval4558@mander.xyzEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      Comment does not read the same at all, and two of the most addictive drugs, alcohol and nicotine, are legal.

      Now if you’d said “we still outlaw addictive drugs FOR KIDS”, you’d be right.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        Switch the word ‘game’ with the word ‘drug’ and the word ‘play’ with the word ‘use’, and your comment still reads the same.

        We still outlaw addictive drugs.

        Comment does not read the same at all,

        Well, let’s see…

        True but parents have a responsibility to look at the drug before letting their children use it. Should the drug exist? No. But should the parents look into the drug beforehand? Yes

        They read the same to me. Both of them are about parents watching what a child does (gaming or drugs) and having responsibility over the child, which no human being can watch another one 24/7 successfully (even people in prison get murdered).

        and two of the most addictive drugs, alcohol and nicotine, are legal.

        And children are not allowed to purchase those, because it’s harmful for them.

        We, as a society, help the parents look out for their child by making laws to protect them.