Understanding Internet Gaming Disorder
“IGD is based less on the number of hours dedicated to gaming, but rather the extent of compulsion to play…” Author: Rhea Verma There are about 2.5 billion active gamers across the globe, of which Canada alone is host to over 23 million gamers, 692 gaming companies, and a $3.6 billion industrial revenue [1-3]. Among the many types of addictions we have come to understand, videogame addiction, today commonly known as Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), tends to be overlooked, yet