Gaming Addiction

Slide 1:Beyond Game Addiction Neils Clark Games for Health 2008 Baltimore, MD

Slide 2: 1. Thirteen years and counting  Hoax Sub-Criteria: Obsessive thinking about what is happening on the Internet  IAD Question: Are you preoccupied with gaming (thinking about it when offline, anticipating your next online session)?  Hoax Criteria: There is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control Internet use  IAD Question: Have you made repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop online gaming?

Slide 3:1. Thirteen years and counting

Slide 4:2. Games aren’t without problems, but we’re in an ‘interim’

Slide 5:3. Immersion is the first key to understanding excessive use

Slide 6:4. You get to the second key by looking at how the game works Tolkien Primary and Secondary