The Team:
This is an introduction to the team, their experiences and their opinions on what gaming is and has done for them.
Henry Woo
I usually spend most of my time staying at home, on my computer and playing games while skyping with my friends. I usually end up playing a few games of dota 2 and cs go with them and while we are not gaming i usually end up playing single player games or mainly browsing YouTube, Reddit and Facebook. While I'm not at home playing games i play baseball or create events that my friends and I do.
James Sharam
Like many my addiction developed early with my mothers Spiro, ratchet and clank and our jak and daxter games, throughout my early school year I surrounded myself with people who shared similar interests to me, this included friends who played games, later in high school I developed a group of friends who shared a similar addiction. fortunately I outlet my addiction for games, sport. I am now a full functioning sports addict :)
Anthony Zhu
Gaming addiction is definitely a crucial issue in modern society. With rapid development and advancement of technology, children as young as 3 are affected. In this generation people are on computers 8 hours a day, children with phones and ipads are seen as acceptable. From games such as simple mobile apps to complex computer games causes addiction. Electronic gaming in is the main source of entertainment in todays society so its not surprising many have a serious gaming addiction.
During the last two years of my high school I had a minor to mid serious computer gaming addiction. I would play at night ignoring my studies. Nowadays i dont have the time but gaming is still a huge part of my life.
Alexander Chong
Like many gamers of this generation I first experienced gaming early in my life with world of warcraft being one of my first memories as a child. As I grew older I was able to experience different types of games and find that the interaction with games could be a enabler to other social experiences. This idea would then evolve in both my eyes and society as I saw that gaming culture was being embraced and accepted as a form of entertainment and socializing. From it I have been able to create friendships and expand my knowledge of the new platform that has encapsulated the minds of this generation.
Luke Mewjork
I often find myself coming home, turning on my computer and enjoy the entertainment of various games including league of legends, FIFA 15 and various others. These games, all attain one specific trait, which leads me to play the game regularly. Replay-ability. Each match is different. While the controls are the same, the genre of the game, and Heads up Display is the same… The opponent, updates, and challenge it provides entices the player to regularly play.
In the earlier years of high school, through hindsight, I realized that I had a minor gaming addiction. It is possible to become addicted to a game. Spending countless hours in a virtual world, competing and bettering my ‘virtual self’. In hindsight, I was a lucky, able to grow out of it.
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