The purpose of play is to learn a control function. If a game goes fully as anticipated, it is usually not generating reward.
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If dopamine should be considered a reward, simply winning a game is rewarding. Many people play games they don't necessarily enjoy because they like the feeling of victory. Games can also serve to establish a dominance hierarchy.
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When we talk about dopamine, we mostly mean anticipated reward. The signals that behavior controllers send to orchestrate our skills refer semantically to reward promises, not actual one. The actual reward is only relevant for training.
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