Thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, millions of people around the world are stuck at home. With socialization limited, the World Health Organization has actually recommended people stay home and play video games to help deal with the stress of the pandemic, but this has undoubtedly led to arguments over loved ones spending too much time playing games. Now an "Anti-Gaming Spray" is being sold with the intent of keeping people away from their game consoles. The Anti-Gaming Spray is being sold by Canadian online casino website OnlineGambling for $5.99, but it's currently sold out at the time of this writing. The product is made from Durian fruit essence, patchouli essential oil, kala namak, garlic essential oil, and vinegar. The "potent" and "utterly vile" spray can be applied to someone's game room, with the idea being that it will deter them from playing games quite as much. RELATED: Fortnite Datamine Shows 'Addiction Warnings' That Cut Rewards During Long Play Sessions The Anti-Gaming Spray was tested on "35 un-satisfied relationships" in a study that lasted five weeks. It should be noted that this Anti-Gaming Spray product is from the same company that conducted the shocking Michael, the Future Gamer study, so it appears this product is being presented as one possible solution to keep people from succumbing to game addiction problems.
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That being said, people who actually suffer from a game addiction problem may need far more serious intervention. In fact, there are some people who have suffered so badly from Fortnite addiction that they literally had to go to rehabilitation clinics. As one may imagine, this phenomena has caused significant issues in families, with Fortnite cited as a reason in 5% of all the divorce petitions filed on Divorce Online since January.

Fortnite addiction and game addiction in general has caused people to create petitions to ban Fortnite and other games. There's really no chance of those petitions being taken seriously by video game developers, so it seems frustrated spouses or parents may be looking for other solutions, and the Anti-Gaming Spray could very well be something that they consider. Alternatively, it's easy to see some people using Anti-Gaming Spray just to play pranks on people.

In the meantime, Anti-Gaming Spray isn't the only method people have been trying to get their significant others to stop playing video games. There's a TikTok trend going around of people walking up to their game-playing significant others naked in an attempt to get them to stop playing games, and one has to imagine that method will have a more positive impact on the relationship than Anti-Gaming Spray. That being said, testimonials on the website appear to be largely positive, with people seemingly satisfied with the Anti-Gaming Spray product.

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