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Same.

Rewatching next gen and I finally made it back here 😂

Avoid video games that use extrinsic motivation. A video game should at least mostly rely on intrinsic motivation, meaning that the playing of the game itself is the fun part, not the reward you get for playing the game. If you don’t enjoy the gameplay, but you want to earn lootboxes, you’ve fallen into the intentionally exploitative system operating within so many games nowadays, and you need to find another game, because you’re not having fun.

It doesn’t sound serious, but this kind of thing can make depression way worse if you’ve already got depression.

smitethestate

This post got me to stop playing Overwatch and I’m eternally grateful.

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That’s also a core difference between a game trying to exploit the human brain’s tendency toward gambling addiction and a game that exists to entertain.

Like, it may sound like I’m reaching, but op described (pretty closely) the operation of gambling addictions. It’s also why the depression aspect is so real. You’re feeling a withdrawal, of a sort, when you can’t play the game.

spoonie-living

Seriously, keep an eye out for this stuff!

utopianoverlord

The world is on the brink of goin’ boom boom. This is our most desperate hour. Unless we make a stand, here and now, we gon’ die. Now…

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Seto Kaiba + hands in action

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Origins: I’m here to stop the blight with a bastard king, a swamp witch, an ex assassin, a nun-turned-bard, an alcoholic, a grandma, a murderer, and a rock

DA2: what’s up me and my gang of bisexuals are about to go terrorize the city wanna come with

Inquisition: we are simultaneously the most qualified and least qualified group of leaders in Thedas

gamingladies

A: “I was just gonna say that.”

newbabyfly

“These idiots never learn…”

(Attempted hard to do a real background. Failed miserably.)

my type of club

Borderlands 3 + Reappearances

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Local professor popular among students

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Another piece i did for @newvegasguidezine! The break room is for tea parties, Manny. get with the times ☕

local-thembo

Since its original game, the Dragon Age franchise has shown a clear tendency to become less and less horny at every new game, even as they became bigger and more ambitious. In this essay I will