Last class, Brother Knutson discussed the release of chemicals in the brain that create addictions. My main interest for this topic is video game addiction because, unlike drugs, video games are not addictive to everyone. I have been contemplating what makes a video game addictive and after some research I have found that there are many different elements to making a video game "addictive." As discussed in a previous class from a conference talk, the main type of addictive gaming is called Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). What makes these particular types of games more addictive than others is the relationships users are able to build with other users (which generally replace often broken real-world relationships), and that the games have no end; when a game has no end goal, the user never experiences that final accomplishment of completing the game, thus sending him into a loop of never-ending tasks. As with everything in life, healthy gaming consists of gaming in moderation.
http://www.video-game-addiction.org/what-makes-games-addictive.html
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