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Episode 83 - Grinding

Psychology of Video Games Podcast

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The Power of Video Games to Satisfy Autonomy

I think video games also help satisfy autonomy by letting us make meaningful moral choices in games which is a whole fun very cool line of research. We can choose different paths according to different worldviews you know like the paragon renegade system in Mass Effect and that's a good example of how you don't have to even talk about good versus evil light side versus dark side it can be like both of these sets of morals and choices are good right. It just has to allow us to make choices that we think are meaningful to us and consistent with our desires.

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