LEEDS, England, July 19 (Reuters) - When you think of addiction, the first things that come to mind are gambling, alcohol and drug abuse. Footballers down the ages have not been immune to falling into ...

Long before Seung Hui Cho’s video game addiction to “Counter-Strike” was suspected of contributing to his massacre of Virginia Tech students in 2007, my students at George Mason University were ...

One in 10 boys become addicted to gaming, according to new research. They meet the criteria for computer game addiction - called "internet gaming disorder" or IGD - at least once between the ages of ...

Is there a lot of playing Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft in your home too? You're not alone. Many children and adolescents play a lot, and often with both known and unknown online players. This can be ...

Do your kids play a lot of computer games? Some may end up gaming a little too obsessively. Researchers have identified the most important warning signs. Is there a lot of playing Fortnite, Roblox and ...

Four of the biggest companies in the industry have been targeted by a lawsuit accusing them of enabling video game addiction. A complaint filed on October 30 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, ...