A gaming disorder, sometimes referred to as “video game addiction,” is a pattern of game-playing behavior—involving online gaming or offline video games—that is difficult to control and ...

A look back at how Dan Houser explained Rockstar's unique approach to storytelling and character development in the Max Payne ...

“I don’t really believe in the idea that you have to hit rock bottom to change," says Scott Strode, founder of The Phoenix Susan Young is a reporter for PEOPLE. She started working for PEOPLE ...

Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways ... through the cavernous Venetian casino in Las Vegas. Electronic games—slot machines, roulette, blackjack, poker—beep and clang and trill.

We worked on Halo back in the day, and that game could be distilled down to the simplest of shooting loops, but it was ...

A young addict whose mother begged him to come home in California is now sober and recently married. Shane Smith was an addict on the streets of Venice Beach in 2022 when a video of him and his ...

It was December 2023, and Holt was deep in the spiral of a rapidly growing problem: online sports betting addiction ... light action on weekend football games. A $10 bet here, a $20 bet there.

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he’d lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became ...

These and other indicators demonstrate how porn can become not only problematic, but also habit forming - though calling it an "addiction" is "an area of substantial, protracted controversy and ...

The U.S. surgeon general’s call for mandatory, tobacco-style warnings on social media to raise awareness about its association with “significant mental health harms” is an important ...