Achievements: A positive reward or Addiction?

I know what you are thinking, “How can something so simple as Achievements/Trophies become an addiction?” Well a lot of people never would have thought that something such as caffeinated drinks or video games could become addicting when first released, why couldn’t something just as simple Not be an addictive thing? To share my view [...]

The Joy of the Extra Things.

Have you ever had that need to just redo something because you just want to go after that something extra? Take video game. Game developers add in collectibles, trophies, achievements, all for doing the tiny (or sometimes gigantic) extra thing. Most gamers seem to be suckers for these extras, D-pad knows I am. I just [...]