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Guide to Video Game Addiction Top Gun when a video game
Top Gun - Watch Full Episode | CBC News: the fifth estate Top Gun - Watch Full Episode | CBC News: the fifth estate
    On the 2008 Thanksgiving weekend, Steve and Angelika Crisp confiscated
    their son Brandon's Xbox. Brandon retaliated by running away from home.
   (40 Minutes)

Top Gun - Dr. David Walsh, Media in the Family | CBC News: the fifth estate Top Gun - Dr. David Walsh, Media in the Family | CBC News: the fifth estate
    When video gaming obession turns to addiction and tragedy (10 Minutes)

Video game addiction research study
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Pathological Video-Game Use Among Youth Ages 8 to 18 The first study with a nationally representative sample demonstrating the prevalence of “pathological” game play among American youth is published in the Association for Pyschological Science.
   
 
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