The Addictive Properties Of Games

Lu Dyar
2 min readFeb 21, 2017

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There are a lot of game fans all over the world and it is not a surprise. Video games are made to be addictive and they attract so many people from different countries. The average age of a video gamer is about 30 years old. The video game industry is developing all the time and it proposes new and more interesting alternatives to game fans. Nowadays, more and more interactive games appear that make gamers get up from their sofas and start looking for adventures. Video games can bring a lot of good to the society, it is just necessary to know the limits. There are a lot of people who can’t control themselves and become addicted to video games.

What makes video games addictive

Virtual relationships

There are a lot of games where people can build relationships and this world seems to be so happy and absorbing. They return to these games again and again.

Beating the High Score

If a player has an aim to beat the high score, they will spend a lot of hours playing a game and trying to beat it.

Levels

While playing a game, a gamer wants to reach more levels and it becomes something of a disease. It is difficult to stop because after reaching one level, there is a wish to reach another one.

Bright colors

A lot of people become addicted because they think that the virtual world is more colorful, bright, and interesting than the real one. They try to escape from the reality and to receive necessary emotions from the fake world.

The world of games is expanding, and it is possible to play games everywhere and at any time, so people create gaming communities. It is necessary to learn from games and not to accept them like something evil. The future is near and the gaming world should become a part of the real world but not the real world itself.

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