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Gaming Addiction EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag UK news report on game addiction clinic upsets gamers 23 Gamers are getting angry over a UK news report on the game addiction clinic that we talked about yesterday. The West Country Tonight (haha) ran a story on the clinic, based in Somerset, with the... Britain gets its first game addiction clinic 21 Where there is a trendy new affliction, there is an expert with the answer. Thus it is that Britain is now host to its very first "game addiction" clinic in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Broadway ... Kick your World of Warcraft habit for just $14,000! 41 Where there are World of Warcraft players, there are people with dollar signs in their eyes lining up to take advantage. Cue Washington State's ReSTART clinic, a rehab center that aims to help Wo... Daily Mail says Britain's full of 'screenagers' 31 British tabloid and glorified comic book The Daily Mail loves to attack videogames, probably because Grand Theft Auto IV has more journalistic integrity than the average Mail writer. The latest i... Therapists join World of Warcraft in the name of science 30 MMO addiction is a hot topic these days, and there are plenty of "experts" out there who want to "help." British Psychiatrist Dr. Richard Graham is among these brave few heroe... China ends electric shock treatment for Internet addicts 34 Did you know that China has been introducing game-loving children to the wacky world of electric shock therapy? That's right -- parents have been willingly signing their children up for a course ... MTV True Life to cover game addiction, wants you 30 Bitching about MTV is pretty much something everyone loves to do except for tween girls, but to be honest ever since Singled Out there's been a show on there that I'd watch, and now that there ar... Someone hasn't learned: Cooper Lawrence talks videogames on FOX again 62 It's been a while since FOX found an excuse to talk rubbish about videogames, but luckily if you can't find something real to talk about, you've always got "videogame addiction" on st... Gentlemen, resume Byron love! Game deriding show recorded last year 26 Yesterday there was a bit of a stir over Dr. Tanya Byron's new TV show Am I Normal? in which videogame "addiction" was compared to heroin abuse, and WoW was written off as "childis... Chicken Soup for the homicidal soul: Gaming is good for you 26 I love the smell of years of experiential evidence finally gaining validity in the morning! Today, two researchers from Middlesex University are presenting the findings of a study involving 292 W... Psychiatrist urges that gaming addiction be recognized as a mental illness 52 Doctors are big on relying on their pedigrees to weigh their opinions as somehow more significant than those of the general public, but there are occasions in which their thoughts can hold some m... Videogame Addiction debate on CHCH: Canadian television knows I exist 75 Appearing on Attack of the Show via webcam was the coolest moment in this little geek's life, so imagine the uncontrollable happy dance I did when a local Canadian TV station contacted me to a... Plans to classify gaming addicts as basket cases opposed by experts 24 A short while ago, I reported that gaming addiction could well be classified as a mental disorder if certain misguided folks had their way. Today however, Reuters relays that not only is the A... Addicted to videogames? You could soon be officially mental! 22 Usually when a reviewer calls a game addictive, that's a compliment, but to some psychologists, addictive games are a crippling menace, on par with drugs and alcohol. In a new report, present... "Dear Cosmo, I own every game ever made but am still a virgin. Help?" 44 Via IGN's "Ultimate Setup" series, Nate Polston has revealed to the world his 900+ game collection, and 30+ console collection. Aww Dark Wizard and Sonic CD... You remind me of a t... Everquest = SUICIDE RAMPAGE! 57 Now, we all know that video games cause misanthropy, violence and sadistic murder, but did you know that they are also the vile, sordid root of isolation, depression and suicide for some people? ... The online PlayStation Museum ruins my life 11 Dear Dtoid tipster Mike, I'm a busy guy; I have work to do. I don't understand why you feel the need to ruin my entire morning by sending us a link to the online PlayStation Museum. Sure,... Dtoid forumite loves herself some Nintendo 31 Virutalgirl, a member of our very own Destructoid Forums, recently posted the results of a long-term timeline project for her graphic design class. The assignment? To create a three-dimensional ... Company of Heroes follow-up confirmed; Summa does happy dance 20 Fact: I love PC RTS games.Fact: I love Company of Heroes and what it tried to do with changing the way RTS games are handled.Fact: THQ loves me so much they decided to keep on keepin' on with... Subliminal audio to treat gaming addicts, subliminal audio addiction on the rise 13 The Korea Times, by way of Boing Boing, has an article about a company called Xtive that claims to have developed a system of subliminal audio cues designed to combat video game addiction. They c...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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