I want to share a very old article of mine and talk with you about the topic of computer games, gamers, professional gamers, competitions in computer games, game streams and about our virtual future. A couple of years ago a video flew across the networks (I will post it after the publication of this post). Let the provocative, but still humorous song have the effect of a bomb. In the comments, women began to share their experiences about their husband’s hobby. Someone wrote about how to deal with this, others have already come to terms and divorced. Is everything so simple and are computer games a harbinger of family breakdown? Let's figure it out. For me, the most important question here is this: “Is this hobby for a particular person a hobby or is it an addiction?” Often women come for consultation and beg to rid their husband of computer games. When we dig deeper, it turns out that the husband sits for a couple of hours after work. At the same time, he helps around the house and devotes time to his family. Women are embarrassed by the very fact that their husband plays. She is trying to impose on him “socially accepted male hobbies.” From one of the women I heard the following phrase: “It would be better if I was already sitting in the garage like everyone else, drinking with men...” There is a completely different scale when a husband or even the child is clearly dependent, but the woman is happy with everything: “But he sits at home...” That is, everything is under control, under a watchful eye. Where is this line between addiction and a modern hobby? To be honest, I don’t really like the categorical and negative attitude towards computer games. Basically, games are misunderstood by the generation +35 and above. Without fully understanding it, everything connected with this part of our life is condemned. Unfortunately, my colleagues do too. I want to share my experience and my point of view, because I am not only a psychologist, but also a former professional gamer. I hope that my experience will be useful to you. The article promises to be long and for convenience I have divided it into parts. Therefore, to be continued. I am very interested in your experience on this issue. Do you or your loved ones play? Link to that video here