This pathology belongs to a group of disorders associated with bad habits and behavioral deviations, said Jan Yankeloyts, business development director of Overmobile, an expert from the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (RVI).
“This is a violation of control over gambling, giving it a higher priority compared to other types of activity,” said Vasily Ovchinnikov, director general of the RVI.
To combat video game addiction, it is necessary to develop sensitivity towards small pleasures.
During the game, the pleasure and reward center receives strong incentives, explained family psychologist and Alter platform specialist Elena Kandybina.
If the pleasure center is often overloaded, then, in order to reduce the load, it stops responding to small joys. To combat this, parents can limit the brain flooding with quick pleasures and develop sensitivity to small stimuli: walks, sports, etc.
In addition, developers and publishers should release educational-focused game projects more often and engage in PR with children’s audiences, because for the younger generation IT specialists are rock stars, says #f90 games founder Valery Pazyuk.
If we consider games as a “sandbox” for research, then we can develop useful skills, the so-called soft and hard skills.
