They accuse Fortnite to be addictive for children

Since the first years of this industry, videogames have been seen from a negative perspective, with multiple media indicating this form of entertainment as the person responsible for violent acts and minor addiction. Although in recent years we have seen as several studies have denied most of these arguments, a new report from The Telegraph, which calls titles as fortnite A kind of modern opium, shows that this stigma is still present.

Recently, the middle of the United Kingdom published an article entitled opio spiritual: Could videogames ruin a generation? , Where it is pointed out that Video game addiction could lead to a new global pandemic . This publication takes as a basis statements by Economic Information Daily, a medium from China, which calls this half an electronic drug, as well as comments from Abi Silver, author of a book that recently published a work of fiction about the industry of the Videogames, where it is pointed out that your child became obsessed fortnite, commenting:

I was surprised and indignant that there was something out there, not regulated and freely available for our children, which was considered very dangerous, but nobody was doing anything about it. It was as if someone came into my son's room at night and injected an addictive drug.

This article was not liking from the public, who not only countertained several points of Anabel Hesseltine, author of this controversial report, but noted some erroneous data. For example, it is mentioned that about 86 million people could suffer from videogame addiction, but a report by the Offcom agency speaks that there are currently approximately 40 million players in the United Kingdom. From this number, Between January and May of this year, 56 people received help before the addiction of video games in this country.

Another of the criticized points was the supposed lack of video game regulation. While there is not an organism dedicated to adjusting this medium in the United Kingdom, there are a series of laws to regulate the classification of games , to business, people's data, as well as infamous Loot Boxes , point that is also touched by Hesseltine in his article.

Recall that in May 2019, The World Health Organization classified videogame addiction as a disease , pointing out that people can give you higher priority given to games about other activities as far as Games are more important about other interests and daily activities, and this despite the negative consequences.

Without a doubt, this will not be the last article that acknowledge the video games of addiction. In these cases, the best thing is to be informed and eradicated the prejudices that are being.

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