Recent Press:
2019
- KYW News Radio: Flashpoint – Is video gaming addictive?
- Sky News: Gaming nearly ruined my life – how I kicked my addiction
- Sky News: Video game addiction could be made an official disease by the World Health Organisation
- Inquirer: Groom ignores new wife, chooses to play mobile games on wedding day
- Fox: Gaming expert says we are not prepared for coming tsunami of social media addiction
- FE News: Gaming Addiction: Ticking Time Bomb for UK Youth
- Your Teen Magazine: Teens & Gaming
- Letting the Light In: Gaming Addiction – an Interview with Cam Adair of ‘GameQuitters.com’
- Journal Pioneer: EDITORIAL: Not all fun in games
- Epoch Times: Why Video Games Are So Addictive
- iCAAD: Game Quitters Founder and ex gaming addict Cam Adair has teamed up with The Edge
- BBC: Breakfast – Fortnite and Video Game Addiction
- BBC: Fortnite: Is Prince Harry right to want game banned?
- Pepperdine: Behavioral Addiction Recovery: A Guide for Families, Friends, Colleagues, and Roommates
- BBC: I was gaming 16 hours a day
- BBC: No Fortnite for a fortnight ‘prescribed’ by TV GP to 11-year-old boy
- BBC World Service: How China Curbs Online Gaming
- WIBW: Former video game addict shares his story to help others
- KSNT: Gaming expert warns parents of the dangers of video game addiction
- Leavenworth Times: Gaming addiction ‘a serious thing,’ says Game Quitters founder who will speak in Topeka
- BBC Radio Nottingham: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio5 Live: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Oxford: Video game addiction
- The Daily Telegraph: Can this man cure gaming addiction?
- Channel News Asia: End game: The rise of esport empires in Thailand and their armies of addicts
- SFM 106.9 – North Kent: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Sussex & Surrey: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Humberside: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Stoke: Video game addiction
- BBC Three Counties Radio: Video game addiction
- BBC Hereford & Worchester: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio York: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Cambridge: Video game addiction
- BBC Somerset Sound: Video game addiction
- U105 (Ulster): Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Leeds: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Scotland: Video game addiction
- BBC Radio Leicester: Video game addiction
- More Radio (East Sussex): Video game addiction
- SwindonFM: Video game addiction
- Calgary Journal: Gameaholics: How to combat the need to play from a former video game addict
- Irish News: Gamers reveal ‘toxic behaviour’ of players online
- Metro: Gamers reveal sexism and ‘toxic behaviour’ of online players
- GameRant: Video Game Addicts Discuss 32 Hour Sessions, Lost Relationships with UK Parliament
- Typeform: Game Quitters
- gamesindustry.biz: Academics call for industry co-operation on gaming disorder
- Tom’s Hardware: ‘Addicts’ Suggest Solutions to UK Politicians Over Video Game Addiction
- TechSpot: UK inquiry puts gaming addiction under spotlight
- BBC: ‘The most I played was 32 hours straight’ – ex-gamers on their addiction
- BBC: Gamers suggest ways to combat addiction
- UK Parliament: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
- College Info Geek: What Quitting Video Games for a Month Did to My Brain
- The Nation: Life at the ‘Edge’
- News.com.au: A woman has pleaded for help to save ‘zombie’ 13-year-old addicted to video games
- Sherry M Lee: What I Recently Learned about Video Gaming
- Sooke News: ‘It consumed my life’: Inside the world of gaming addiction
- The Mirror: The terrifying truth about gaming addiction and what it’s doing to UK children
- South China Morning Post: Video game addiction: why the mental disorder, now recognised by the WHO, is on the rise
- Yahoo: Are ‘addictive’ video games a health crisis?
- Pulse Radio: GAME OVER Documentary
- CFAX: GAME OVER Documentary
- Eleven Media Group: Gaming addiction in Malaysia a rising concern | #AsiaNewsNetwork
- The Star Malaysia: Gaming addiction a rising concern
- The Star Malaysia: Gaming addiction: Holistic rehab for young men
- The Star Malaysia: Gaming addiction: Winning your life back
- CKNY: Game Over Documentary
- CBC: Calgary man looks to help people walk away from online gaming addiction
- Global News: Cam Adair shares his life-changing story of video game addiction
- BT: Breaking video game addiction
- CHQR770: Video game addiction
- Genius Recovery: Think Gaming Isn’t an Addiction? Just Ask Cam Adair
- CTV: The rise of esports and warning signs of video game addiction
- Databird: 100 Keynote Speakers for 2019
- Bertram News: Helping Teens Avoid and Quit Digital Addiction
2018
- Vancouver Sun: Is video game addiction real? Former players, statistics say yes
- Vancouver Sun: Have you struggled with video game addiction?
- Typeform: How Game Quitters boosted email signups by 200% with a gaming addiction test
- Typeform: How a typeform helped over 8,000 people beat video game addiction
- BBC5: Video Game Addiction
- Sydney Morning Herald: Parents ‘at their wits’ end’ trying to stop sons’ gaming
- Voice of Islam Radio: Fortnite and Video game addiction
- Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU): Online Gaming
- Bloomberg: Fortnite Addiction Prompts Parents to Turn to Video-Game Rehab
- The Next Web: South Korea’s lost generation of gamers offer a preview of what’s to come
- Daily Mail Australia: Reformed video game addict admits wasting his entire teenage years gaming – spending 16 hours each day before a screen from the age of 11
- KSL: ‘Fortnite’: Critical facts parents need to know about the hottest video game
- The Today Show: The young boys falling victim to gaming addiction
- ABC News: Gaming addiction: Does treatment work?
- Sacremento Magazine: The Addiction Game
- The Western Star: Tackling gaming addiction
- Sydney Morning Herald: ‘I was having panic attacks’: online gaming addiction is real
- The Sunday Times: Teens addicted to games like Fortnite, League of Legends and Hearthstone? Blame the parents
- Nine News Sydney: Weekend Today – Gaming Addiction
- Culture Trip: Thailand’s Battle to Save its Kids From Online Gaming Addiction
- Hacker News: How I overcame my gaming addiction and bootstrapped a business to help others
- IndieHackers: How I Overcame My Gaming Addiction and Built a Business to Help Others
- The Next Web: A subreddit called StopGaming offers help for addicts over objections from skeptics
- Futurism: Video Game Addiction Is Real And Professionals Aren’t Prepared To Help
- BBC5: PEGI Adding Warning Labels to Video Games
- LifeSpeak: Ask the Expert: Cam Adair on digital addiction
- CNN: The ‘Incredibles 2’ villain was right: We’re slaves to our screens
- ESPN960: Ben Criddle Show – Student Athletes and Video Game Addiction
- Kotaku: The Truth About ‘Video Game Addiction’
- ABC16: Video game popularity rises, as does gaming addiction
- Boston Globe: Diagnosis of ‘gaming disorder’ sparks debate
- VOA News: WHO Calls Extreme Gaming a Mental Health ‘Disorder’
- USA Today: A solution for kids’ social media addiction? Teach them to use tech more responsibly
- The John Gormley Show: Video Game Addictions
- Reader’s Digest: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Gaming Disorder
- CBC The Weekly: Are ‘addictive’ video games a health crisis?
- Seven News (Sydney): June 19, 2018
- Alhurra: WHO recognizes ‘Gaming Disorder’
- The Epoch Times: Video Game Addiction a Disease?
- CTV: National News – June 18th, 2018
- ABC: What does it mean to have a gaming addiction?
- CBS Evening News: “Gaming disorder” recognized as a mental health condition by World Health Organization
- Yahoo Sports: Video gaming addictive like crack: WHO
- Agence France Presse: Vício em videogame é reconhecido como doença pela OMS
- CBC Alberta@Noon: The World Health Organization has officially recognized compulsive video gaming as an addiction. Do you agree?
- NPR: WHO classifies ‘Gaming Disorder’
- CHQR 770: Video game addiction
- ABC: Video game addiction classified as a mental health disorder
- Sky News: First NHS-funded internet addiction centre
- Triple J: Gaming addiction is now officially classified as a mental disorder
- New York Times: Video Game Addiction Tries to Move From Basement to Doctor’s Office
- Mix 94.5 Perth: Can You Beat A Gaming Addiction
- ABC Perth: Should parents be concerned about the Fortnite phenomenon?
- ABC Radio Canberra: Fortnite Addiction
- Hit107 Adelaide: Fortnite Addiction
- The Sydney Morning Herald: Parents are losing their sons to Fortnite, the hottest game in the world
- Kelly Cutrara Show: Dealing with video game addiction
- News1130: ‘I was very depressed’: Calgary man talks gaming addiction, resources
- Sportsnet 650: Hockey and video game addiction
- Breakfast Television: How To Identify Gaming Addiction
- Circa: This 19-year-old kicked his gaming addiction and found a passion for photography
- The Star: Gamers say addiction is real—and they need more help
- National Post: Video game addiction a disease? WHO prepares to codify ‘gaming disorder’
- The Mighty: Why It’s Important to Recognize ‘Gaming Disorder’ as a Mental Health Condition
- CAMH: Connection – A CAMH Difference Makers Discussion Paper
- CTV: Hooked on video gaming: How much is too much?
- WCHSTV: Obsessive video game playing for children can lead to addiction
- Vice: For Many Players, Lootboxes Are a Crisis That’s Already Here
- Speciale Tg5: Fake life. Quando cadi nella rete (Italian)
- ABC7: Video game addiction: Learn the warning signs
2017
- CBC Radio BC: WHO’s decision to include ‘gaming disorder’ in the upcoming IGD-11
- GlobalBC: Excessive video gaming declared mental disorder
- CTV: Calgary man honoured for work helping video game addicts’ mental health
- Metro News: Calgarian’s video game addiction work gets nod from CAMH
- NewsTalk770: Video game addiction and mental health
- BBC Minute: On video game addiction
- AM640 Toronto: Does gaming addiction impact employment rates?
- CTV’s AB Primetime: Video Game Addiction, Game Quitters, Cam Adair
- ABC 20/20: How obsessive gamers can quit playing
- BBC: The mysterious death of a live-streaming gamer
- Toronto Star: 16-hour video game binges almost ruined Calgary teen’s life
- Global News: Calgary-based support program for gaming addicts helps thousands
- CTV Morning Live Calgary: Video Game Addiction
- CBC News Calgary: Video Game Addiction featuring Cam Adair
- SiriusXM: Canada Now
- NewsTalk770: How do you break a video game addiction?
- CBC Radio BC: Are video games addicting?
- CBC Radio: Alberta@Noon
- CBC Radio One: Edmonton
- CBC Calgary: Eyeopener
- CBC Calgary: He used to play video games 16 hours a day. Now he helps addicts unplug
- Metro News: Overcoming video addiction: the Calgarian behind Game Quitters
- Calgary Herald: Game Quitters founder coming to Calgary to share story of severe addiction to video games
- Addicted2Success: 3 Key Ways to Ensure That Your Message Reaches Millions
- Forbes: How Perfectionism Is Sabotaging Your Career
2016
- The Quaz with Jeff Pearlman: Cam Adair
- Sunday TVNZ: Silent Addiction
- PRSUIT: Confessions of someone who decided to go for it
- VICE Broadly: Real Life Is Not Enough: On Choosing Virtual Reality over the Physical World