In the last decade and a half, boys and young men ages 15-24 more than doubled their average time spent gaming, to about 10 ...
A B.C. boy is suing the makers of a popular online gaming platform, claiming the website is designed to addict children. The proposed class action lawsuit is on behalf of a 12-year-old boy who is only ...
Social platforms Snapchat and Discord were also sued for facilitating abuse. In other lawsuits, parents accuse Minecraft and Fortnite of design choices that induce internet gaming disorder.
A survey by the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital found that most teens play games with others, even if they ...
I just didn’t think anything about it. It was something that he and his friends were all doing,” one Manhattan dad said about ...
Companies like Yondr, Tin Can, and Gabb Wireless are leading a ‘counterculture’ to soothe the ‘anxious generation’ and their ...
A recent study revealed that gamers who develop a video game addiction in adolescence are the most likely to incur ...
Blaming video games for violence saves Americans from having to grapple with deeper, harder to solve societal problems.
Four months into relocating its legal headquarters to Nevada, Roblox has been sued in federal court. The lawsuit alleges that the company put “profits over safety,” which led to a 12-year-old child, ...
Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular ...
Recent research suggests that video games might be harming boys. But debates about children and games miss the fact that not ...
The Monday letters page asks when GTA 6 pre-orders will start, as one reader tries to imagine the long-term future of the God Of War franchise. As much as I’d like to hope that publishers are suddenly ...