Well studies show that you can be one and that 1 out of 10 are.

Almost one in 10 videogamers could be addicts: study

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -

Nearly one in 10 US children who play videogames may be growing addicted to the pastime, according to US research released Monday.

A study released by the National Institute on Media and the Family at Iowa State University drew comparisons to compulsive gambling, concluding some children lie, borrow money from friends, or dodge work to play videogames.

"The present study was designed to demonstrate whether pathological gaming is an issue that merits further attention," Institute director and assistant professor of psychology Douglas Gentile wrote in the report.

"With almost one out of 10 youth gamers demonstrating real-world problems because of their gaming, we can conclude that it does."

So after reading the article what do you think? See I think there are to many other things to look at besides the childs gaming habbits. I think you need to look at the whole picture. What is the family life like? Also is this just limited to games - what about those who spend to much time online period. Be it that they game, look at porn, surf the web period or dare I mention be a geek site addict. I just think you cant judge a book by one chapter but you need to look at the WHOLE book , if you know what I mean. But then again this is spoken by a geek addict Ok fess up what are you addicted to?