Yet games seem to be uniquely proud of their addictive nature, going so far as to include it in many customer-facing product descriptions.
@hamishtodd1 In other words, I don't know why an industry, even a malevolent one, would invite the comparison to "addiction".
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@cmuratori I can see how it happened historically. Some players use the word (perhaps with some shame) then other players use it as a...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori ...compliment. And then it gets adopted.Nobody has any concept of higher and lower pleasures any more, so this is all possible :P -
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@cmuratori@hamishtodd1 Here's an example from a different industry (Chocolate) that may be interesting...pic.twitter.com/4Z4k4E3y9f
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@AndrewJDR@cmuratori That is cringily interesting.
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