Gaming

Internet Addiction exists

by Debbie on January 26, 2012

Science boffins are telling us that they have compared brain scans of young people with “internet addiction disorder” with their peers and found damage to the white matter fibres connecting emotional processing, attention and decision making parts. Similar impairments have been found in research into other addictions including alcohol and cocaine. It comes after researchers [...]

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Moshi Monsters… Facebook for kids?

by Debbie on June 13, 2011

Moshi Monsters is a virtual world for kids. They have about 50 million registered users worldwide! The site is geared towards children between 5 to 12 years old (however 5, 6 and 7 year olds will obviously require much more parental supervision!). Each child gets a monster pet and a room that can be furnished [...]

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