Thursday, November 13, 2014

Video games make us all losers

In the article Jesper Juul discusses how losing in video games affect people and how is a sort of human instinct to want to win in the game no matter how many times one loses. he discusses how games are set up where players tend to prefer games that are somewhat challenging, and for a moment it can sound as if this explains the paradox players like to fail, but not too much. Juul also talks about the feeling that losing in a game is. that is that feeling in a game makes one feel inadequate.  a feeling of inadequacy is unpleasant for a person, and it is odd that we choose to subject ourselves to it. on the other hand even though video games give us a sense of  being inadequate they also motive us to play more in  order to escape the same inadequacy and the feeling of escaping failure. over all he talks about the way video games work in our mind and why. When I was reading this article I thought about my little cousin he is a gamer and he loves playing destiny. at time he would get at so much into the game that he wouldn't rest or sleep until he beat the level or the entire game. moreover, when he failed certain task on the game he would feel disappointed and wouldn't rest until he past the level. is crazy how much control over someone's emotions and mind a game can have.

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