UVic gaming expert feels WHO wildly exaggerates "gaming disorder."
Saying video games are potentially addicting is a sweeping generalization, like saying magazines or movies are potentially addicting, claims a University of Victoria professor.
David Leach was reacting to a fresh announcement by the World Health Organization that it has created a new classification of addiction called “gaming disorder.”
“The announcement didn’t necessarily surprise me because there is a feeling in the public consciousness that video games are addictive an
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