Video game addiction exists. In 2007, a study was conducted and found that almost 12% of participants in a study of 7,000 people were diagnosed as being addicted to video games. If this trend reflects larger populations, we could find ourselves in a deep hole. Video games can be played at any age, leading to a larger population of gamers, leading to more and more people becoming addicted, making the gaming world difficult to maintain. Although video games are entertaining and a great way to build relationships, video games are addictive because they lead to long-term physical health complications and ultimately make it difficult to be social and engage in the real world. Psychology plays an important role in video game addiction. tells us what causes addiction and the mental aspect of addiction. A reward system governs how our brain feels when we do something, whether it's a chore, work, or anything that results in a reward. This comes into video games giving us that feeling of reward every time we complete a task in the game, we expect to always get a reward for something. The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5, a manual that classifies mental disorders, classifies Internet gaming disorder as "a condition warranting further clinical research and experience before it can be included in the main book as a than formal disorder”. Gentile says games are so compelling because they satisfy an “ABC” of human needs. ABC stands for, the A stands for “Autonomy, we feel like we are in control.” B is belonging, feeling connected to others. And that’s skill, we like to feel like we’re good at what we do,” he says. Others may say that playing video games every day for hours on end is a disorder. Would I like to play... in the middle of a sheet of paper... that's why I think companies that make gaming systems need to put a time limit on how long we can play per week or per day. Not only will this significantly reduce the numbers, but it will also contribute to health and social problems. The other side of the story says that video games aren't addictive because it's just a hobby, which is like saying I'm addicted to football. I would love to be addicted to football, get fit and maybe use my skills to play at a higher level. Sure, there are video game tournaments and more, but you can't turn this hobby into a living. You can't tell me that video games aren't addictive, it all adds up to symptoms, health issues and social issues, there are so many different types of addiction that it might not look like a person addicted to heroin, but take their gaming system is away for a month and tell me they won't go crazy.