Video games have taken over during the last decade as one of the most popular entertainment media in the world. Market researchers say the video gaming industry generated $174.9 billion in revenues worldwide in 2020. Which is an increase of nearly 20% from the year before.
But it’s also a potential threat to the wellbeing of some gamers. In 2018, World Health Organization (WHO) voted to add gaming disorder to the category of behavioral disorder in their diagnostic manual International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The DSM-V also named internet gaming disorder as a condition for further study.
Gaming Disorder is a pattern of “digital-gaming” or “video-gaming” characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences. The behavior pattern normally must be evident for at least 12 months and must be severe enough to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning
The modern athlete is more likely to fact check their coach. They have notoriously short attention spans. They struggle with in-person communication. And their athletic focus is challenged at every turn. All of which can be directly attributed to the internet.
Using social media or playing video games for just 30 minutes causes enough mental fatigue to impair athletic performance.
Video game companies use well-establish principles of behavioral psychology to work players into a highly stimulated, emotional state before hitting them up to make in-game purchases of virtual items for real money.
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