Inside A Documentary About Video Games Pt 2
Last month, I was filmed for a documentary film on the down side of video games and the rapid integration of technology into modern culture. The movie is titled Your Computer is Killing You: The Side-Effects of a Techy Lifestyle, a labor of love by filmmakers Brian Bentow and Solomon Rothman. I was asked to contribute my thoughts on video game addiction.
For this week’s (month’s?) Robot Punch!, I’ll share my experience from the other side of the screen to give some insight on its progression.
In March, a pair of filmmakers approached me with the invitation to participate in a documentary film they’re producing. The film is titled Your Computer is Killing You: The Side-Effects of a Techy Lifestyle and explores the unforeseen side effects of the rapid integration of technology into our culture. They’d seen my article on 
It’s been no secret that many studies’ findings cause parents to point the finger of blame at video games for their child’s violent behavior. What is lesser known, however, according to a psychiatrist’s recent study, is that video games can be blamed for teaching empathy, too.
They call it EverCrack for a reason! Along with being blamed for creating serial killers and sexual deviants, video games are now being portrayed as the hot new drug that creeps their way into everyone’s home and destroys the lives of those caught in their clutches. The issue has grown to a point that video game addiction treatment centers have been instituted in parts of Europe and Asia; but how serious can it be?
I think we’ve all sat at a computer (or in front of a console) and played that one video game for hours, just to finish it. And at the end, our eyes ached and were straining to stay open, our bodies hurt for staying in one position for too long, and chances are, your room looked like a tornado swept through it with all the wrappers and empty soda cans lying around. At that point, it might have been better to stop earlier, but who knows? How do you know when you play video games for too long?