your brothers computer game addiction may be associted with his motivation for immediate high acheivement and inability to cope with failures. aversion towards studies may be a reason. habituation, compulsive behavior, adjustment problems Poor communication and realtionship building skills may also be pushing him towards these games where he ia ll by himself in a vitual world of his own Ample number of behavor modification techiques are available to treat this condition. so consult a clinical psychologist at the earliest to have appropriate psychological assessment done to understand the cause and provide effective remidies R.Manoj Clinical Psychologist rmanojcp@gmail.com