The Science of Addiction & Game Development

[kevkiev]

Stumbled upon this article the other day and thought it was interesting enough to share. You have to read the other articles to which it links to get the full flavour.

 

Although some of the examples of game addicts seem a bit extreme, I must admit I've found myself wrapped up enough in certain games to see a little bit of myself in there.

[GuerillaWarlord]

I really wish i did'nt read that it kind of makes you see how much time you can waste on games, which i have invested thousands of hours into games just grinding for items :ermm:

[didgydoo]

Wow, really interesting article! I know several gamers that should probably read this...we often forget who's behind a game and how much power they really have! Kinda scary....

[Thandal]

Explains a lot about why I don't like most games...

 

It's not that the ones I do like don't employ these techniques, it's that they do it without me noticing, while most make it too painfully obvious. :tongue:

[AncientSpaceAeon]

Yeah, David Wong makes a lot of excellent articles there. Ignore the titles, some are misleading.

 

http://www.cracked.com/article_18571_5-reasons-its-still-not-cool-to-admit-youre-gamer.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_the-7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_17442_5-things-gaming-industry-will-never-fix-and-why.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18609_more-proof-video-game-industry-out-ideas-e3-2010.html

[hector530]

Yeah, David Wong makes a lot of excellent articles there. Ignore the titles, some are misleading.

 

http://www.cracked.com/article_18571_5-reasons-its-still-not-cool-to-admit-youre-gamer.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_the-7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_17442_5-things-gaming-industry-will-never-fix-and-why.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18609_more-proof-video-game-industry-out-ideas-e3-2010.html

 

wow this guy is a video game writer?!?! reading them, the only thing i could think about is how whiny this guy is. he hates EVERYTHING not Nintendo, 90% of the articles are about his hated on non-Nintendo items: pc, ps3, 360, gta, first person shooters, graphics, killing, sex, open world games, story... i could go on about all things you love this guy despises. next the website is called cracked.com Americas only humor site (theonion.com doesnt exist to them, much better site imo too), that made the articles 10 times worse. ITS NOT FUNNY, none of them were.

[AncientSpaceAeon]

Yeah, David Wong makes a lot of excellent articles there. Ignore the titles, some are misleading.

 

http://www.cracked.com/article_18571_5-reasons-its-still-not-cool-to-admit-youre-gamer.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_the-7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_17442_5-things-gaming-industry-will-never-fix-and-why.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18609_more-proof-video-game-industry-out-ideas-e3-2010.html

 

wow this guy is a video game writer?!?! reading them, the only thing i could think about is how whiny this guy is. he hates EVERYTHING not Nintendo, 90% of the articles are about his hated on non-Nintendo items: pc, ps3, 360, gta, first person shooters, graphics, killing, sex, open world games, story... i could go on about all things you love this guy despises. next the website is called cracked.com Americas only humor site (theonion.com doesnt exist to them, much better site imo too), that made the articles 10 times worse. ITS NOT FUNNY, none of them were.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16821_hate-cracked-wed-like-to-see-you-do-better21-seriously..html

 

They say it's "America's Only Humor Site Since 1958", obviously they're not being serious about it. He probably just missed the classic games, and he does has some good points there. Just like Extra Credits, only Extra Credits made more sense.

 

But yeah, he's better at writing stuff other than video games.