IMO, part of the acceptance response is to relieve cognitive dissonance. Their attitude follows their behavior.
They are playing the game, because it provides them with the rewards their brain craves. And their conscious brain rationalizes it for them after the fact.
Amateur psychologist over and out.
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You just described the reason for playing any video game ever made.
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Probably.
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[quote]IMO, part of the acceptance response is to relieve cognitive dissonance. Their attitude follows their behavior. They are playing the game, because it provides them with the rewards their brain craves. And their conscious brain rationalizes it for them after the fact. Amateur psychologist over and out.[/quote] Absolutely. I enjoy the fact that I can log on for 2-3 hours and completely zone out so that I may decompress from the daily grind of real. I have no problem saying there’s some things that I would change about the game, but its nothing sooo terrible that I’m going to stop playing now and again, or try to develop a game myself.