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CNN Takes On The Child Gaming Addiction Study

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Early this morning we reported on a new study that claims one in ten children are engaged in pathological gaming, prone to serious mental health issues. How does CNN handle the study?

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Surprisingly well, if you ask me. They manage to mention that the 3,000 children involved in the study were from Singapore, for instance, which is of course a completely different country than the United States with a completely different culture. They touch on the Entertainment Software Association's assertion that this new study means absolutely nothing at all and was conducted with the aim of proving a negative point about the industry.

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The only huge slip up I noticed was calling World of Warcraft a violent video game. Someone hasn't played any WoW lately.

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Thanks RtFusion for the link!