sometimes I will literally play all day like 2pm to 3am, but this is like every other day. Im usually out n about terrorizing the world
Delaney
about 6 to 7 hours
bryan
You can play 4 hours a day and not be addicted. It’s just if you put video games before hanging out with your friends and family. If you have nothing to do, video games are just the thing. If your friends invite you over but you would rather play a video game, then your addicted.
lolcat11
I don’t think it’s a matter of hours as much as how badly the person wants to play. If he or she feels like she must play…like the person needs to play, or the person can’t think of anything else…then it might be an addiction.
Michael
Not sure. I’m afraid it is to late for me, though.
Now that it is summer, if I’m not with my family or friends, I play at least 5 hours a day on the PC or Xbox 360 (I do talk to my friends on both gaming platforms though, since I know most of my gaming friends in real life).
Bob Newhart
It’s not a number. It’s the effect it has on your life.
-Are you not getting work/school work done?
-Are you withdrawing from spending time with your friends and/or family?
-Are you withdrawing from other hobbies you used to enjoy, like sports or reading?
-Are you getting fat because you sit and play all day?
-Are you not eating because you don’t want to get up from the game?
-Are you neglecting personal hygiene to keep playing?
Some of this is more extreme than other parts, but if it’s taking over your life, you need to cut back.
Amy
just asked a similar question. Apparently just thinking abiut games all the time makes you an adict.
Marvin
to get addicted to gaming it will at least take about 3hrs to the max is 5hrs if you kinda suck at video games.
x7xvenge
I used to play everyday when I came home from school which was at 3pm. Then I would usually play till between 9pm and 12am. It was getting pretty bad. I would stash food in my room and make a pitcher of Kool-Aid so I wouldn’t have to leave my game except till I had to pee. Haha. So it was getting pretty bad. It just died off though after I got sick of playing the same thing over and over.
Junioe
I play anywhere from 30 minutes to 11 hours a day on xbox, but i wouldnt consider my self an addict. I mean, i dont have a car, i live far from my friends, my mom works a 9-5. I cant really do anything but watch tv or play video games. Does that make me an addict? When i get the chance, i hang out with friends, talk to them on Facebook and text. But i feel like im not addicted. I might be in denial, but i highly doubt it. I still play basketball, go to sports venues, concerts, stuff like that. But i was just curious on other peoples standards of “addicted”.
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You are only considered an addict if you play all the time and do not do anything else. All the time would probably be considered 4-8 hours a day.
1 hour a day is an addict
As a Nerd, about 1 hour on the xbox 360 would do it for me!
sometimes I will literally play all day like 2pm to 3am, but this is like every other day. Im usually out n about terrorizing the world
about 6 to 7 hours
You can play 4 hours a day and not be addicted. It’s just if you put video games before hanging out with your friends and family. If you have nothing to do, video games are just the thing. If your friends invite you over but you would rather play a video game, then your addicted.
I don’t think it’s a matter of hours as much as how badly the person wants to play. If he or she feels like she must play…like the person needs to play, or the person can’t think of anything else…then it might be an addiction.
Not sure. I’m afraid it is to late for me, though.
Now that it is summer, if I’m not with my family or friends, I play at least 5 hours a day on the PC or Xbox 360 (I do talk to my friends on both gaming platforms though, since I know most of my gaming friends in real life).
It’s not a number. It’s the effect it has on your life.
-Are you not getting work/school work done?
-Are you withdrawing from spending time with your friends and/or family?
-Are you withdrawing from other hobbies you used to enjoy, like sports or reading?
-Are you getting fat because you sit and play all day?
-Are you not eating because you don’t want to get up from the game?
-Are you neglecting personal hygiene to keep playing?
Some of this is more extreme than other parts, but if it’s taking over your life, you need to cut back.
just asked a similar question. Apparently just thinking abiut games all the time makes you an adict.
to get addicted to gaming it will at least take about 3hrs to the max is 5hrs if you kinda suck at video games.
I used to play everyday when I came home from school which was at 3pm. Then I would usually play till between 9pm and 12am. It was getting pretty bad. I would stash food in my room and make a pitcher of Kool-Aid so I wouldn’t have to leave my game except till I had to pee. Haha. So it was getting pretty bad. It just died off though after I got sick of playing the same thing over and over.
I play anywhere from 30 minutes to 11 hours a day on xbox, but i wouldnt consider my self an addict. I mean, i dont have a car, i live far from my friends, my mom works a 9-5. I cant really do anything but watch tv or play video games. Does that make me an addict? When i get the chance, i hang out with friends, talk to them on Facebook and text. But i feel like im not addicted. I might be in denial, but i highly doubt it. I still play basketball, go to sports venues, concerts, stuff like that. But i was just curious on other peoples standards of “addicted”.