And for many of us, it was the game that first lead us down the path of
gaming addiction, which in those days
meant we all had very sore left thumbs until we grew a nice callus.
Conversely, 6 % (N = 34) in wave 1, and 4 % (N = 21) in wave 2, had a
mean score of 3 or higher on the game
addiction scale, which makes it reasonable to assume that a small group of gamers experienced most signs of pathological
gaming at least sometimes during the past 6 months.