EDMONTON—Eleanor Runnalls, 33, knows she’s been playing video games too much when the dishes start piling in the sink. Last December, the World Health Organization added “gaming disorder” to their draft 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, which is due for publication in mid-2018. But those who say video games are affecting their lives also say getting help isn’t easy. In 2011, Calgarian Cameron Adair created a website called Game Quitters to help people quit video games after his own addiction nearly destroyed his life. I was playing video games for up to 15 hours a day,” he said.

Source: thestar April 26, 2018 00:45 UTC