Essay: Internet Gaming companies

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Abstract

This study investigates the problems associated with online gaming and why internet gaming companies need to curtail the time spent by gamers online to at least a three hour period. In order to do this it will consider the results of two surveys. The two surveys found that individuals spent an inordinate amount of time online and thus are susceptible to the adverse effects of online gaming.

Introduction

Back in 2005 a man of 28 years of age collapsed and died of exhaustion in an internet café in South Korea. Lee died from playing a game of Starcraft online non-stop for fifty hours. He stayed in the internet café for three days stopping only for short naps and toilet breaks. According to the newspapers which reported his death, the man had been fired from his job because he spent too much time playing video games (BBC News). While some people may consider this to be an isolated incident, they have perhaps not taken the fact into account that both gaming addiction and internet addiction are real psychological diseases and they can severely affect not only the individuals themselves, but also their loved ones and even society as well. This paper will discuss the problems associated with online gaming and why internet gaming companies need to curtail the time spent by gamers online to at least a three hour period. It will also provide two surveys to show the validity of this thesis.

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