Paper Topics

I was originally going to write my paper discussing weather or not game companies were responsible for video game addiction.

I think that is going to change after doing research. It seems that there isn't a consensus about the existence of video game addiction in a clinical sense. The AMA has asked the APA to study this issue but their new book doesn't come out until 2012, so no new diagnosis can be confirmed until then.

My personal stance is that video game addiction does not exist, people are not addicted to the video game, they are addicted to the alternate reality and escape. If their game of choice was taken away they would find either another escape either with another game or something else. These people do have issues, serious issues, but the video game isn't the problem, it's an excuse.

I've found journal articles that agree and disagree with me, so it looks like I have enough to write the paper. Should be rather simple now, I have lots of sources and information, and the final paper is only supposed to be 8 to 12 pages.