S1: I'm Andrew Bracken and this is Screen Time , featuring conversations about technology and kids in today's digital age. My kids are addicted to their screens. It's a common phrase many parents ...

CONCORD, N.H. — A dark room, head set on, controller in hand, a world flashing across a big screen. Video games are often associated with an escape from reality and immersion into an online world of ...

In 2017, 360 million people watched a single "League of Legends" live stream event - triple the audience of the Super Bowl. ESports like "League of Legends" gained a negative spotlight Sunday after a ...

Summer break is here, which means school is out, no more homework, and it’s time to have fun. The lack of routine and scheduled activities, however, may pose a serious risk for children who fill that ...

From Pong and Pac-Man to Minecraft and Fortnight, video games have always been a lot of fun. Sometimes, however, gamers become fixated, compulsive or — worse — spiral into a full-blown gaming disorder ...

Skip to 2012: Lindsay Lohan checks into treatment because the actress just can't stop hitting the bars — the falling block-bars on Nintendo Tetris. A 33-year-old office worker is fired because he ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There are plenty of negative stereotypes about games and gamers. And ...

Ever since Yoon Hyuk-joo, a 16-year-old in Seoul, started playing the popular computer game StarCraft eight years ago, studying has taken the backseat. For six hours every day in dim, smoky Internet ...

A gaming disorder, sometimes referred to as “video game addiction,” is a pattern of game-playing behavior—involving online gaming or offline video games—that is difficult to control and that continues ...