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> For these researchers, incredibly, enjoyment is not the primary reason why we play video games. Enjoyment is not the primary motivation—“it is rather,” they w
by burkaman 9y ago
> For these researchers, incredibly, enjoyment is not the primary reason why we play video games. Enjoyment is not the primary motivation—“it is rather,” they wrote, “the result of satisfaction of basic needs.”
Isn't this just the definition of enjoyment? Satisfying basic needs is the only reason anybody does anything.
- pm90 9y agoIts a good question, and I hope someone with more knowledge also responds to this, but I don't think they are the same thing. There is a difference between things that give you pleasure and things that you enjoy doing. e.g. you might not enjoy doing drugs if you're an addict but its almost always pleasurable. So I think enjoying something is more long term, higher level aspect than pleasure, which seems more short term. Which explains a lot why people engage in activities which they may not really enjoy, but get the short term pleasure hit. e.g. binge eating, binge TV watching etc
- pizza 9y agoIf I were a quiet and shy neighbor, and you saw me carrying a small wicker basket with a cloth covering the basket's contents with me everywhere I went, year after year after year, wouldn't you desperately want to know what was in the basket? ie there are drives (eg water when thirsty) but there are other desires too