The priority for online gaming is increasing among adolescents day by day. The adolescents’ engaged in this generally result in significant impairment in behavior pattern in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning. There are a variety of games to play, which are distributed over a variety of game genres. These include Casual Browser Games (CBGs) such as Candy Crush or Farm Ville, First-Person or Ego-shooters (FPSs) such as Counterstrike or Call of Duty and many more. Furthermore, there are games which combine genres within one game to create their own social identities. This anonymity gives those with socially aversive personalities the desire to create a virtual life online in which they can be their real selves. Loneliness is something which incredibly increases due to the playing of online games. It is said that individuals who have deficient self-presentation skills might prefer online communication. Lonely individuals turn out to have higher preference for online interaction, since they perceive that online communication might be relatively less risky and easier than face-to-face communication because of its greater anonymity. As they devote more time and attention to their online interaction they have a hard time regulating their internet use. There are some role playing games, where adolescents have the anonymity to exhibit their attitudes and behaviors that may be socially unacceptable or aversive. These individuals generally tend to display poor social skills and are thus alienated by others would prefer to have a virtual life in which they have the anonymity and freedom to exhibit all their characteristics without any form of restriction whatsoever. They would prefer to spend all their time in a space where they can be their true selves.
Shaping Minds 