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Video game blog In 80s and early 90s video games were stand alone, or shared at home with siblings. After that the industry became a billion dollars business raking in money, and connecting players to random people, making stranger danger a problem, and bad influences on your kids were also getting a hold of them via the headset.  Gaming is an addiction now not a light hobby, or just a light thing you enjoy for 20 minutes, and move on in your day. It is ruining families, married relationships, and relationships with kids, cuz the husband neglects his family to feed his addiction.   A guy on tv said he spent $40,000 on games using the in app feature. One would think it must've taken him 20 years to spend that, but... turns out it was only 400 days. That's barely more than one year. He spent $100 a day on gaming. And noted recently he even spent almost $800 one day.  Today's gaming should be avoided. If it's absolutely necessary for some reason, buy the old games like ...

Q:My husband isn't working, and is getting addicted to video games and I'm slowly seeing him relapse. He is a sweet man, but due to our hard circumstances he's gone back to video games as a distraction, and I am losing my husband to this again.  I see him slowly losing interest in church again, and staying up late to a point he gets up at 5-6 pm. If I try to wake up him early he'll get snappy at me and tell me he can make his own decisions, and gaslights me as if I'm controlling him. Hes also refused counseling. Need prayers and suggestions.  A: Not everyone who clains to be saved is. Some are new or weak believers, but the fact that it's happened before both about church and games, shows somethings spiritually wrong with him. And that needs addressing, even if not from you. Based on how he spoke to you it sounds like it needs to come from others. He's not respecting you or valuing your counsel.  Gaming, likd porn, is the growing addictive drug of today. The...