Where Politics And Video Games Collide

People can become addicted to just about anything. Sex, exercise, tanning, collecting, self-mutilation, internet browsing, pornography, certain other people etc., etc.. Though different from a 'drug addiction' in that the chemical element is produced internally, there is always a chemical component involved; the brain functions are one big mess of neurochemicals. Endorphins, serotonin, adrenaline... these are the reasons people enjoy doing things. If someone takes a recreational behavior that they enjoy to the point that it becomes an unjustifiably negative impact on the rest of their lives because of the time and money invested in it, if they constantly think about it and become moody when they can't have it (neurological withdrawel), if they're compulsively driven to seek it out, it's an addiction. Yes, it's probably a crutch indicative of a greater emotional disturbance. So is frequent heavy drinking. That doesn't mean it isn't an addiction. I don't believe gambling or drinking should be outlawed because of some people's predilection towards addiction, but that doesn't mean I'm going to insist that addictions to such things don't exist, either.