021 - Achievements, Goals, and Motivation in Games
Psychology of Video Games Podcast
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How to Approach Quests as Work
A lot of people look at additional quests like that as work to do, or they look at them as an opportunity for more things to explore and stuff. Even outside of achievements and trophies, this makes me think of when you finish the storyline, the main quest or the main storyline of a game but there's still stuff left to do. A lot of times I'll quit playing the game because I felt like I've already gotten the reward of finishing that main storyline. And especially by that point, those side activities weren't inherently interesting anymore.
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