Online game companies need to do more to prevent players becoming too addicted in order to avoid Government intervention, a study has warned. Researchers at Cardiff, Derby and Nottingham Trent universities said some gamers play up to 90 hours a session, developing a ‘pathological’ addiction. They say while conventional video games have an ending, role-playing games involving numerous players may not. But the gaming body Ukie said it took the health of users seriously. It said it had a number of measures in place to ensure that games could be enjoyed safely and sensibly. The universities' research warned that if game companies did not create restraints for players and their games grew in popularity, Western governments might have no choice but to follow Asia and limit usage. The study, published in the Addiction Research and Theory Journal, has said Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) are an inexhaustible system of goals and success.

Pray: that Online Gaming companies will bring the necessary controls into place that would help those addicted to gambling. (1Jn.5:19)

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