Unethical Game Design - 5 Inch Floppy Junglist

Junglist looks at compulsive gaming through unethical game designs. He chats to Professor Ian Bogost from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr Espen Aarseth from the IT University of Copenhagen and Rebecca Stone on the psychology of gaming.

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• gaming addiction
• psychology of gaming
• unethical game designs
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[HSAdestroy]

Great episode Junglist, as always, but this time you've reached level 'award worthy'. You know what that means! Keep up the good work!

[nickakawoodstock]

Some people are getting really defensive and aggressive about this. That suggests a perception that they need to justify their gaming habits. He doesn't say that ALL MMO players are addicted, or that the games themselves are bad. What he is saying, is that the developers use similar game design methods to those who develop gambling devices.

Ask yourself this 'Am I playing 2-3 hours a day because I enjoy it, or because I can't live without it?' Try a day without logging in.

[ifedthehorse]

I think she needs to move her head a lot more while talking.

[AmbientFire]

@timhaas1 No they are obviously not, though I see what you mean, since they are professional athletes. It's their profession. Or are you suggesting that everybody in the workforce is addicted because they work more than 2hrs per day?

[timhaas1]

@nickakawoodstock

Actually, that brings to mind a question: Are professional athletes addicted to their sport of choice? [See what I mean?] Truth is, I'd still need to do a bio-psychosocial assessment before I could answer that question in reference to any human's behavior.

[timhaas1]

@nickakawoodstock

Dopamine is our primary reward chemical & the chemical that is the most potent factor in addictive behavior, generally speaking, not endorphin. You made casual reference to the primitive defense mechanism known as "denial." A worthy concern, to be sure, but the piece is simply misleading and inaccurate. I've tried to hit 30 hours a week, I can't do it; like a majority of gamers, I hit a wall long before, but pair it with a secondary reinforcer, you'll see more problems.

[timhaas1]

@nickakawoodstock

Moreover, researchers have not found that playing video games is a particular hazard. Over 30 hours they saw problems, a around 6 hours they found only benefits. They found no differences between games like Call of Duty and games like Little Big Planet. No links between video game violence and real world violence. Gambling addiction and gaming addiction are different animals, one involves a powerful secondary reinforcer, the other does not.

[dngamouse22]

Junglist is a fat shit

[nyundi]

I was scared to type in "5 Inch Floppy" into the search bar. Glad I did, it's a pretty decent show with very valid points.