I worked in the games industry. It became like any other industry. It doesn't exist for your enjoyment. It exists to sell games. Make a game difficult in the past and it'd be popular because it was a challenge. Make a game difficult now and people just shrug and give up. Nobody wants to expend actual effort or thought. It's all about the quick win and the instant gratification. All media panders to this and has done for years. As attention levels drop, they make the wins ever quicker. I don't believe ADD is physiological. I believe it's environmental. It's an illness of capitalism, sitting alongside obesity, depression and anorexia nervosa.
Are modern video games too easy?
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I worked in the games industry. It became like any other industry. It doesn't exist for your enjoyment. It exists to sell games. Make a game difficult in the past and it'd be popular because it was a challenge. Make a game difficult now and people just shrug and give up. Nobody wants to expend actual effort or thought. It's all about the quick win and the instant gratification. All media panders to this and has done for years. As attention levels drop, they make the wins ever quicker. I don't believe ADD is physiological. I believe it's environmental. It's an illness of capitalism, sitting alongside obesity, depression and anorexia nervosa.