Such an alarming video. I rarely leave a animadversion on annihilation on the web but this larboard me with such a activity of afflatus that I couldn't not do so. James, acknowledge you for your courage in talking about your own hardships with bold addiction/compulsion. Your truths and from the affection adventure larboard me afraid to abstract myself from the screen. cool math I'm assertive that abounding humans will see this video and be afflicted because of it, calculation me as one of them.

Unusual but awesome episode! Thank you for the moving story! :)

That episode feelt really real ;,-) Thank you for sharing your story, I truly believe that it opened up more minds then just mine :-)

by the way i just about cried (im a bit sensitive to emotions of all kind) it was amazing your courage to speak.

your points really hit home with me but i would like to ask if it qualifies as addiction or compulsion when i mostly use it to communicate with my friends and we can't get together a lot. mostly we go out on weekends and walk around town and i spend time with my family and school is always first but I find myself enjoying being a hero i can't be in my life. I can't go out and save anyone and I don't have the ability to control fear infact when something happens i generally lock up. But these games gave me a way to escape from my weakness and express myself in a way i never could to a school and world that would never hear the voice of a nerd who just wasn't built with the natural athletic ability that so many find important. however these worlds are worlds I know don't and never will exist so i have taken to making my own stories. the point im getting at is that my brain ever since i was bullyed and teased in school has prefered only being with those trusted and since i was born I have always been more detached from reality than I would prefer and there is just no way around that wiring in my head. These games have brought me back from the deepest sadnesses i have experienced though I am to young tio have seen true pain the things that get under my skin leave me when i can save a world from destruction. They have spoken so much to me that I want to design them. but i want to know if these things make me an addict or if it is just a passion for the media form that has helped me so many times. i want an opinion from someone else because i just don't know

Video game addiction is a reality and there are number of teenagers are addicted to video game. Video game addiction can be cure with the help of counseling. http://www.controllingaddiction.net/articles/video-games-addiction

After watching this episode I realized how serious of a problem I have. A few months back the girl I loved broke my heart because I wasn't talking about actual stuff enough it was mostly about games. After that I just fell apart and sunk most of my time into games. My grades have taken a serious drop since then. I realized that if I hadn't become so addicted to games things could have been different. I am hoping that I will be capable of taking that first step back into the real word. I can't thank you enough for telling your story and helping me realize my problem. Thank you this was amazing.

I might not have an addiction, but I've had ... I still play games more than I really should, but I have work, got friends and stuff ... but always felt that I am throwing away my potential ... This moved me quite a bit, I've always been the guy who managed everything with ease, but never really tried ... somehow that makes me ashamed of myself when I see people who has a hard time, just managing despite all their efforts ... I'll try to become better, that's the least I can do.

that was beautiful man..... that must have took a lot if courage to say that.... :)

I love you man. Im trying to turn my life around from this Ive signed up for classes in broadcasting after realizing I had a problem and this video has hit so close to home I thank you guys for putting this out