Are computer games addictive? Yes, to those with addictive personalities they can be. However like all things in this world addiction comes from the person not the product. There are very few people out there, but people out there all the same who could inject heroin daily then quit cold turkey because they don't want to do it anymore. They're an abuser but not addicted to it. Same as people like myself who can smoke if we choose to or not it doesn't physically bother me either way. Gaming addiction is like that too. I can easily not play any computer games for several weeks the difference is I play them because I get bored otherwise but I don't NEED to play games and that is the difference between a concious choice to play computer games because they're cool/fun and a need to play games regardless.