For parents of children who are interested in video games, it can be difficult to understand what makes one game harmful and another benign. How do you know whether to buy a game for your child? The ...

The Game Boy was a revolutionary step in the video game industry, and growing up with it, you couldn't find a single kid without one, playing something in between classes, or, for the more ambitious ...

Problematic patterns of digital media use — including compulsive social media scrolling, gaming, or phone checking — may be more harmful to adolescent mental health than overall screen time, new ...

There are many phrases we associate with long video game sessions, such as “Just one more run” and “Maybe this is the one”. They’re clear signs that a game has gotten its hooks into us and that we’re ...

A federal judge in Hawaii is allowing a man to sue the computer-game manufacturer NCsoft for negligence — with allegations that the plaintiff grew addicted to an online game and that it consumed his ...

Nearly half of young people in a recent study displayed strongly addictive use of mobile phones, a trend that the study results suggest raised the risk of suicidal behaviors. Researchers looked at ...

Adam Braunstein is a Contributor at DualShockers who has been covering games professionally since 2019. He primarily writes lists and features, with a focus on RPGs, JRPGs, action-adventure games, VR, ...