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ESA responds to NIMF 'game addiction' claims

by rawmeatcowboy
21 April 2009
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This is a report more in search of media headlines than scientific truth and facts. In an interview, though not in the report itself, Dr. Gentile said, ‘It’s not that games are bad. It’s not that games are addictive.’ Medical experts, including the American Medical Association, have already rejected the fallacy of video game ‘addiction,’ and we completely agree. - ESA Senior VP Rich Taylor

Read more of Mr. Taylor’s response here