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Games blamed for moral decline and addiction throughout history

  • Written by Lindsay Grace, Knight Chair of Interactive Media; Associate Professor of Communication, University of Miami
Did ancient Egyptian parents worry their kids might get addicted to this game, called senet?Keith Schengili-Roberts/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Video games are often blamed for unemployment, violence in society and addiction – including by partisan politicians raising moral concerns.

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