Video Game Addiction: Is it Real?

Reports from around the world suggest that gaming addiction is real and on the rise. Nationally (America), 8.5 percent of youth gamers (ages 8 to 18) can be classified as pathological(1) or clinically "addicted" to playing video games. Most youth play video games and many feel that they may be playing too much. Nearly one-quarter (23%) of youth say that they have felt "addicted to video games", with about one-third of males (31%) and a little more than one in ten females (13%) feeling "addicted."