Happy Friday! Are you celebrating the end of the week with gaming or TV? Have you ever wondered how these two relaxing activities are similar or different? #HappyWeekend #GamersUnite (1/4)
There is no sense of activity or identity within television. You don't watch television to interact with your Steam friends, and you don't work to create something in the television. (2/4)
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Video games have strong social components and identity components. People are proud to be good at a certain game, or to unlock certain achievements. They derive a sense of self and pride from their gaming that is absent in television. (3/4)
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The two are similar in that they induce regular spurts of dopamine into your reward circuitry, keeping people engaged for hours on end. (4/4)
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