Recapping Yesterday's Dr. Phil Episode on Game Addiction

I've never seen Kotaku call JT Gay.... I've done it MANY MANY times myself, but i've never seen Kotaku do it.

It is because most people who are addicted to games or use it as an excuse for actions like killing people, always have had prior problems before they started playing the video game(s) in question that are said to be the cause, from every case I have seen.  May it be extreme depression, uncontrollable anger problems or severe psychological issues (which includes torturing animals, something that is common in these cases), these kids and adults have always had prior records of problems.

Packed with that, violent crimes in the US are down by a boat load ever since the first GTA came out, there are no more people classified with psychological problems than before other than cases where the terms of those psychological problems have been broadened to include more people, when in my opinion they should have created other levels or terms to keep more accurate records, and addiction is even down overall from most of the studies I have seen. 

Has there been a new addiction created? Yes, definitely.  Was it purposely created?  Hell no, they just wanted to make a good game, just like how a steak house wants to make great steak, but if a person eats too much of it, you typically dont see it as a problem.  How many of the people who have became addicted to video games have had other addiction or other psychological problems, included diagnosed anti-social disorders?  Most of them to be honest.

Who do I honestly fully blame?  The parents, because they are the ones that are, or at least should be, parenting their kids.  You wouldn't let your child watch an R rated movie, then dont let them play an M rated game.  Even at that, I would say many R rated movies are not as bad as M rated games other than the obvious ones like Saw, and other more adult R rated movies...  I would say The Matrix is more child friendly than any M rated games I have seen or played, while any Saw movies have been far less child friendly than any M rated games I have seen or played.  If I was a parent that never plays video games like Gears of War, Halo, or just more than 2 M rated console games a year and at least 100 hours of gaming a year, I would treat any M rated game like it is Saw V.

But if you are a parent that typically puts no rules on your kids at all, I would ask you to research this much more, watch Saw V and think about what a child 2 years younger than your child is from a home schooled family would react to the movie, because even if your child is used to it, and has been raised to handle that, you need to realize that the affect it has on that home schooled child is still happening to your child in at least some minor degree if not more, and you should really talk to your child about what they play and watch, and be an active role in their lives instead of playing a passive role.

On top of that, all parents need to play an active role in their child or teen's life, and realize your child is like any other child, and could have psychological problems.  So if there is a hint of any issue at all, you should at least have them checked up on if nothing else by having them go to a psychologist, and do not accept drugs as a solution to even depression, because that is not a long term solution, even though many doctors use it as one.  It is better to be safe than sorry, and if you thought your child needed stitches, you would take them to the doctor.  So why not if their emotional or psychological self needs stitches?

his doctors liscense was suspended i thought he has no more business calling himself a doctor than jack thompson does calling himself a lawyer

100% agreed

As someone who almost majored in psychology, even a high school psychology student could tell you he doesn't know what he is doing at all.  He is just putting on a show, and he really should be taken off the air IMO.  Many people still think he is licenced, or else why would they even watch his show.  He sure as hell doesn't help anyone.