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[โ€“] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever considered that it may not be the games doing that, but it being a symptom, serving as a form of escapeism?

[โ€“] dudinax@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago

I've got personal experience with the addictiveness of games. Reducing them to mere escapism isn't giving game designers enough credit.