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Video Game Theology (with Drew Dixon)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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What Are the Most Addictive Video Games?

Video games are designed to keep maximal time and engagement in that platform, just like social media is. So I don't play that much anymore really at all. But when I was a kid, super Mario Brothers, Atari, all this stuff, like I remember thinking about what brings me back to this game? And it'd be like a higher score is built into it. Like if you're close to death, you get certain endorphins kicking off in your brain. When you get like coins and gold and treasure, like what are the things that I know video games are so different?

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