“Gaming” can mean many different things; for example, the American Gaming Association has, as their purpose, “Building a better understanding of casino entertainment through education and advocacy”.

On this blog, of course, I mostly talk about computer games, or occasionally dice-and-pencil games like Dungeons & Dragons.

I’ve been seeing some articles recently about how games can be “addictive” and encourage people to play them.  Some people take the position that games can take advantage of quirks in the brain’s organization, encouraging players to spend money on them.

Is this possible?  Well, the American Gaming Association reports $92.27 billion gross revenues in 2007…