StewartGilligan@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoVideo games are one of the few places where failure motivates us to get back up. It's a temporary setback that allows you to keep going, teaching us resilience and the power of a second chance.message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1221arrow-down1message-squareVideo games are one of the few places where failure motivates us to get back up. It's a temporary setback that allows you to keep going, teaching us resilience and the power of a second chance.StewartGilligan@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAcesFullOfKings@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoThis Extra Punctuation episode has some great discussion on what healthbars/lives are for: the failure state of video games and how it teaches you through reinforcement much like the function of pain irl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQYtRx_ZEc&list=PLAbMhAYRuCUjTFTU63WTuXDwT3bP3v2kN&index=5 I recommend watching with SponsorBlock, or manually skipping to 1:39.
This Extra Punctuation episode has some great discussion on what healthbars/lives are for: the failure state of video games and how it teaches you through reinforcement much like the function of pain irl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQYtRx_ZEc&list=PLAbMhAYRuCUjTFTU63WTuXDwT3bP3v2kN&index=5
I recommend watching with SponsorBlock, or manually skipping to 1:39.