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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 8 Mar 2018
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    When I very briefly used to play I just liked the pew pew pew boom bang splat experience. Maybe that’s why I never turned into a gamer proper. Never occurred to me that it had anything to do with Striving and Purpose.https://twitter.com/TheStoicEmperor/status/971716319631491072 …

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    The Stoic Emperor @TheStoicEmperor
    Video games offer young men a simulacrum of striving and purpose. They hijack deep evolutionary systems of risk, competition, status seeking. They obsessively circle what highbrow modern culture condemns and denies. They simulate ancient and essential ideals of male heroism. https://twitter.com/IllimitableMan/status/971707842628608001 …
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      1. Jordan Day‏ @jordan0day 8 Mar 2018
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        Probably depends on the person and the game. I've definitely had moments of very real feelings of accomplishment when completing some important task in a game with a decent narrative. But then you put the controller down and realize all you've really done is waste a few hours.pic.twitter.com/X3aTUfcw1g

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      1. Beau Butler‏ @oddynz 9 Mar 2018
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        Quake vs WoW. Generational(ish) thing i reckon

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      1. Neil Thawani‏ @lioninawhat 8 Mar 2018
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        I think they're great when you're young. RuneScape taught me about steel smelting and grinding to gain valuable, worthwhile skills. But in high school and beyond, video games were always an escape from responsibility. Either for genuine stress relief or pointless frivolity.

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      1. Elliott Noel‏ @SkipperEl 8 Mar 2018
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        I got a taste of it with World of Warcraft. For me it was an after-work sometimes hobby, but for some of the people I played with it was clearly their primary focus in life. Disturbing, sometimes.

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        my favorite introduction to people about what makes video games great is this fantastic video. it's a lesson in UX/UI and creating great experiences:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM&t=6s …

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      1. Steven Binch‏ @GrimConch 8 Mar 2018
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        Very different story if you dont see any avenue to progress in real life.

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