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Too Much Video Game Time May Soon Be Considered A Mental Disorder

Since the transition from arcade to home entertainment began 40 years ago, video games have been blamed for a host of ills, both for the gamers who love them and for the society that they ostensibly mirror. As video game graphics grew increasingly realistic in the late 1990s, detractors began to loudly criticize the content of video games, and the subject of virtual violence possibly inciting real world incidents became a flashpoint. The hysteria surrounding video game violence has mostly...