The parents must be very concerned if their children spend all day playing games. To stop it, the parents usually ask children to stop playing games, or by sealing the gaming equipment.
But, would a father in China is different. Feng, so the name of the father, has a unique way to stop addictive games on the 23-year-old son and is known to idle.
According to a local blog, Kotako East, as reported by the BBC, January 8, 2013, Feng was forced to hire a 'killer' virtual to hunt her in a video game online and kill avatar. In this way Feng hopes his son can cease to always play games.
After hiring virtual killer, known to his son complained to his father and asked why one of the game players continue to target him.
Strategies Feng dad was crowded in the media, sparked polemics and expert commentary from game addiction. "It will not do much for their families," says Prof Mark Griffiths, an expert from Nottingham Trent University told the BBC.
"I've never heard of this kind of intervention before, but I do not think this approach can work. Playing games was berlebihaan usually a symptom of an underlying problem," Griffiths added.
He has heard a lot of parents who are worried about the habit of playing games on their children. But often it is not an addiction. "I have spent 25 years studying those who play video games excessively," he said.
"I've found some players who are very excessive, who played for 10 to 14 hours a day. But that does not matter, if they do not work, is not married and has no children," he said.
Feng and his son reported to have reconciled. Olivia Grace, a World of Warcraft (multiplayer gameplay) Feng thought action would likely be prohibitive relationship with his child.
