Why You Can't Finish the Game - and That's Okay
━━━ WHAT IS THE VIDEO ABOUT ━━━
You quit games—and it's not a character weakness. It's physiology, psychology, and game design. We explore why 80% of players don't reach the endgame and how to live with it.
What's inside:
0:00 - Confession
1:10 - Dopamine and game design
3:32 - The paradox of choice and large libraries
3:32 - Life interrupts — resumption lag
7:27 - Mid-game slam
8:58 - Do we even need an endgame?
10:34 - What to do about it
11:59 - Finale
━━━ SOURCES ━━━
Wolfram Schultz — Research on the Dopamine System
Barry Schwartz — "The Paradox of Choice" (TED Talk: bit.ly/schwartz-choice)
Daniel Kahneman — "Thinking, Fast and Slow"
Teresa Amabile — "The Progress Principle"
Steam Achievement Statistics — steamcommunity.com
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