actually they even proved that drugs is not even an issue of failing actually its even Help them to focus on their study in class

video game make you relax for your hard day and calm your brain from what you did in your class so you can have a clear mind after that which is good for studying

as for masturbation and sex its also help the brain to regulate the blood in all the body and help focus on your study

those 3 were proved scientifically

i don't think these 3 are the reason. however, they can be linked to something else. all 3 are things that are usually limited by parents. in college, this is often the first time people are actually away from home and the control of their parents. this gives them greater freedom to do what they want, when they want. for those kids looking away to get from helicopter parents, this is usually their chance to do what they want. if their parents severely restricted their leisure time, they might take up heavy gaming. if their parents restricted them from having a relationship, they will find a way to make one happen. as for drugs, it has to do with age. the legal smoking age in the US is 18. coincidentally, this is the age that most people enter college. which is also the legal age for sex in the US. among others include voting, driving without supervision and other things. if you want kids to stop this crap at college. first, make the legal age for sex and marraige around puberty. not 5-10 years after. the longer you force them to hold it, the worse it will get. second, colleges need to be more engaged if they want higher participations. perhaps they're not reading because most professors just recite the same crap in their lecture as the reading instead of actually making people engage in a proper discussion or attempt to get others interested. you want more reading? how about less GE and more focus on the major? how about less math, more music?

the whole world is a game. sex, drugs and gamaing is part of colllege u cant have a college free of this or else it would be unbearable lol

Does anyone Notice the picture below is N64 ROFL..

 Wow, articles here are becoming everyday less related and more general, all for the money. Let's work hard guys, write real GAMES stuff not teenager psicology related to games-

I'm not sure why half the people here are freaking out about this. O_o

Maybe if they made a few friends they would know that this is partially true.

Christ wire is a stire sight. In a way the joke articles they do are a double edged sword because not only do they make fun of a lunatic fringe religious mentality, but they convince idiots like you that all religious types are on some crusade against them. So it is really an equal oppertunity parody.

You'd think "internet journalism" would bother to check on sources, but you didn't and you got burned.

Oh, and I just noticed that this article was posted on "ChristWire"... yep, not surprised anymore. A Bible-beating group of like-minded thinkers? Check. Lack of any real thinking, instead settling for simply agreeing with each other on everything? Check. Completely UN-Christian mentality of everybody is going to 'hell' because they are not them (a.k.a. judging themselves, instead of letting God do it)? Check. Thinking that it is their sole duty to try to 'save' the 'unsaveable' from the 'devil' without even having a basic understanding of the Bible outside of the literal meaning of each word (memorzied for easy preaching in inappropriate situations)? BIG... FAT... CHECK.

I would serioulsy recommend ignoring anything coming from any community that tries to stand out by using their "belief" structure as a group title. The Bible preaches a close and personal communion with God... not a public one.

A relatively uninteresting guy in his mid 50s made a comment about me not getting married any time soon (I'm 25) because how could I, since I was still watching "cartoons?" First of all, I graduated college recently and have had a TON of job searches and interviews, but still jobless... getting married? Why the fk would I want to be married with no money? Second of all, I'm not seeing anybody right now thanks to making habitually wrong choices in who I date, so why would I want to marry ANYBODY right now? Third, the guy has been in a love-less marriage for 40+ years, but does not leave her because A.) the guy is not exactly "pretty" to look at, and B.) they have 3 kids together, not all of which are done with college yet. Oh, and I was watching South Park, which not only makes interesting parallels to what is going on in current world news, but is also technically rated MA for 17+ viewership.

... and that is the whole problem with our society. A large chunk of the older generation is mentally undeveloped, have old pre-conceived notions with no logic behind them (video games = bad, marriage = good) simply because they were brain-washed by their parents as children, and most of them are holding on to their undeserved jobs for 20+ years while more qualified candidates are sitting at home jobless or paying for their government provided retirement benefits working shitty low-end jobs (which will not be around by the time WE are that age)... why the fk does 20 years of sub-par work experience trump 8 years of diversified work experience, a MODERN (a.k.a. technologically evolved) education, and a strong work ethic? So o

I thought this was a parent-gamer war, since when did it transform into a MMO-console war?

Cause playing mmorpg's is so much better right? At least these "kids" attend college. What you do?

think about who got success with these!!!!! XD

Or you can be a jock, sell drugs, public disturbance, and never even make it to college.. Yea guys, gamers are terrible.

 weed+games+sex = WIN!!!

If our generation is screwed up... what was the last one? (heres a hint: not so hot, since we leared alot of wrongful things ie racisim)

Well, what can I say? What needs to say has already been said, but Stephenson Billings was asking for a massive flaming war from the gaming community when he was dim enough to post these "findings".

Usual parental paranoia, nothing special, but equally irksome.

LOL at: xDD

That's their fault. If they can't get rid of the bong and can't keep control of their **** long enough to learn for four years, then screw it. Royally f**k it all.

Oh and Stephenson Billings, you have obviously never played a goddamn video game, otherwise you would understand that not all video game players are fucking druggies and chronic masturbators.

They judge what they cant understand. Thats why those " i think u doin wrong " are fail. Piss off u  shit for brains damn im disgusted of non gamers!

They judge what they cant understand. Thats why those " i think u doin wrong " are fail. Piss off u  shit for brains damn im disgusted of non gamers!

Hahaha I think I qualify as one of these people, except, I go to University, I live at home, I don't do drugs, sex(none of ur business). I'd rather skip classes and play games. Can't even get myself to get up at 7am to get to school by 8:30am. *sigh* I tell myself to to study, yet I find myself playing games instead. It's not that I fail, I am just bored as hell.

This is stupidity. Obviously you haven't gone to college.

hhmmm?

Video games!?

Weed!?

Masturbation!?

I fail to see the bad side to these! Sign me up im ready for college!

They fail because they are weak

 That sounds pretty fun.

Yes Fail, videogames are not made for everyone, and there are people that are psicologically and mentally weak and can't deal with both videogames and real life... 

lol, dont you run away from the satanic rites in resident evil instead of participating in them?

fail logic imo

That Not Quite True some people can control what they are doing some people have some emotional problem thats why people do this kind of things they feel that they are not love by their parents this all depends on the parents

it all depends on the person...besides the fact that they got to college...I seriously doubt that means they failed life...

physiologically!

just depends on the person..

Boring.  Every generation thinks the next one is doomed.  You can read the same sentiments in Roman plays from before Christ was born.  Every generation then grows up and feels the same about the next.  My advice to the OP is to quit worrying about what other people are doing with their lives and pay attention to living his own.

This aint gonna change the fact that I'm a gammer though the fact of a horror filled 14 days without a pc will .......

I DON T THINL SO!

This is deppressing news. So sad but true. I really hope that these young individuals realize what they are doing before its too late for them to get back at life and start over.

yep!

that's how I got 1 year suspension from my college.

yay!!!! College! NO PARENTS! and HELLO LIFE~!

But now, back on track and doing well.

Learned my shit...

Hey that's not true.. D:< whoever you are (pointing to the person who made the original article) my sister is a gamer too but she achieved scholar and high ranks at the same time in her college school today and now still maintaining herstatus up to now in her 3rd year college.. My parents are really happy for her achievement..

I think it depends on the environment, friends and how you race your child..