Esports Team Holds ‘Esports Dissuasion Course’ to Discourage Young Gamers
To discourage young gamers from becoming addicted to video games with the dream of becoming professional esports competitors, a Chinese esports team holds ‘esports dissuasion classes’. With esports becoming increasingly popular internationally and world-class competitors finally being able to support themselves with their earnings, more and more young gamers dream of one day becoming esports […]
13-Year-Old Spends $63,000 of Family’s Savings on Mobile Games
The parents of a 13-year-old gaming-addicted girl in China’s Henan province got the shock of their lives when they learned that she had spent 449,500 yuan ($63,000) on mobile games. Imagine checking the savings account you’ve been putting money into for years and seeing it depleted overnight. That’s exactly how one mother in China felt […]
Man Finds Son Playing Video Games at 1 AM, Makes Him Play Continuously for 17 Hours
A father who caught his young son playing video games on his phone at 1 am on a school night punished him by making him play on his phone until he could play no more. Too much of a good thing becomes harmful or bothersome over a large period of time, and one Chinese boy […]
Parents Hire Skilled Gamer to Beat Children at Video Games and Crush Their Confidence
A Chinese gamer recently went viral after claiming that he has been paid by the parents of at least two kids to beat them at online video games and crush their confidence. Video games are generally pretty harmless if played in moderation, but in many cases nowadays children become so obsessed with these made-up virtual […]
Controversial Video Game That Lets You Play as Jesus Christ Is Finally Available
‘I Am Jesus Christ’, a controversial video game that literally lets you play as the Messiah, from His birth to His crucifixion and subsequent resurrection, recently became playable on Steam. We wrote about I Am Jesus Christ in 2019, back when it was first announced by indie developer SimulaM. The premise of the game was […]
This Mobile Video Game Actually Improves Your Eyesight
METEOR BLASTER is a mobile space shooting video game designed to gauge users’ field of vision and help detect glaucoma, a serious condition that can lead to blindness. Scientists at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine teamed up with Japanese television company Sendai Broadcasting Co., Ltd. to create a special video game that they say […]
Mother Unable to Pay Rent After 6-Year-Old Son Spends $16,000 on Mobile Video Game
A Connecticut mother was shocked to find that her 6-year-old boy used her credit card to spend a small fortune on his favorite smartphone game over a couple of months. In July of this year, Jessica Johnson, a real-estate broker from Wilton, Connecticut, discovered that substantial sums of money were being deducted from her Chase […]
Teen Claims Fitness Video Game Helped Him Achieve Impressive Physique
A Japanese self-described “nerd” has been playing Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure for the Switch for over six months, and he claims it helped him go from overweight to impressively chiseled. “This is the result of a nerd doing Ring Fit for half a year,” Japanese Twitter user ‘kzm’ posted, along with a picture of his […]
Pokemon GO Grandpa Takes Pokemon Hunt to New Heights with 64 Smartphones Strapped to Bike
A Taiwanese pensioner who once made international headlines for strapping almost a dozen smartphones to his bicycle so he could catch multiple Pokemon in Pokemon GO! faster has now taken his passion for the mobile game to new heights, with a whopping 64 phones attached to his bike. We originally featured Chen Sanyuan in August […]
Family Sues Video Game Company After Children Jump Off Building to Imitate Favorite Mobile Game
A Chinese family recently sued Chinese gaming giant Tencent after their two children were left fighting for their lives a after jumping off of a building to see if they would come back to life like their favorite video game characters. The two siblings, aged 11 and 9, reportedly became addicted to popular video games […]
Woman Leaves Real-Life Husband to Pursue Video-Game Romance
This is the story of a middle-aged woman from the UK who decided to end her unhappy marriage to pursue a fairy-tale romance in an online video game which ultimately resulted in a real-life wedding. Kelly Sexton was 37 when she first started playing Second Life, an online simulation game where players customize their avatars […]
Man Claims to Have Lost 20 Pounds in 30 Days Playing Video Games
A viral Facebook post by a regular kid from the Philippines may prove to be one of the most effective marketing pushes for Nintendo’s new RingFit Adventure, a video games designed to get players moving rather than sit for hours. Migui Gabriel, a young graphic artist from Pasig City, in the Philippines, recently took to […]
Controversial Video Game Puts Players in the Shoes of Jesus Christ
An upcoming video game has been raising eyebrows due to its unusual premise – putting players in the shoes of Jesus Christ and having them perform biblical feats like multiplying fish, healing others and calming stormy seas. Aptly named “I Am Jesus Christ” the upcoming video game from developer PlayWay is a realistic simulator game […]
Father Pulls Son Out of School So He Can Focus on Video Games Full Time
In a time when parents around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about how much time their children are spending in front of the computer screen playing popular video games like Fortnite, one Canadian father is sparking controversy for supporting his son’s eSports career, going as far as pulling him out of school so he […]
Mother Hand-Feeds 13-Year-Old Son Addicted to Video Games Because He Refuses to Stop Playing
A viral video of a Filipino mother who goes to an internet cafe and hand-feeds her 13-year old son because he refuses to end his 48-hour gaming binge to eat has once again reignited the debate on youth video game addiction. 37-year-old Lilybeth Marvel first noticed there was something wrong with her son Carlito about […]