Hatrack River Writers Workshop: 5 Creepy Ways Video Games Are Trying to Get You Addicted.

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Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :

I think this might prove interesting to anyone
* thinking about how to keep a reader reading (though the psychology is a bit different, the aim is the same)
* interested in why Friend X keeps playing Game Y.
* why they themselves keep playing Game Z.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to -get-you-addicted.html

[Edited to add: Contains some occasional colourful language]

[This message has been edited by BenM (edited March 30, 2010).]

Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :

Addictive products...good business model.