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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adults at risk of developing a gaming addiction are more likely to overspend on in-game purchases due to increasingly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Most points in NBA history. Fourth most triple-doubles. Fifth most three-pointers made. LeBron James is in the conversation for so many records that it is barely a surprise when you hear of another ...

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 ...