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When you ask yourself WHY you play video games, what is your reasoning? Do you want to feel powerful? Do you like a challenge? Do you want to be taken on an emotional rollercoaster? Do you love the feeling of thinking through a problem? There is data that has been collected for over 9 years about gamers that shows… one of these motivations for playing is drastically declining. What does this mean for you? What does this mean for the gaming industry? Let’s talk about it.

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Why We Play, How That's Changed (0:00)
The brilliance of Boot.Dev (6:05)
What If Gaming Is Just More Mainstream? (7:58)
The Low Hanging Fruit (11:50)
Immediate vs Delayed Feedback (15:23)
A Dying Genre? (18:57)
A Muddy Reincarnation (22:26)
Next time... (27:30)


▶Games Shown

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)
Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025)
Elden Ring (2022)
Dead Space (2024)
God of War (2018)
Stellar Blade (2024)
Hades 2 (2025)
Resident Evil 4 (2023)
Metroid Dread (2021)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
Death's Door (2021)
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door (2004)
Tunic (2022)
Expedition 33 (2025)
Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave (2026)
Fire Emblem Awakening (2013)
Age of Wonders 4 (2023)
Baldurs Gate 3 (2023)
Civilization VI (2016)
Civilization VII (2025)
Into The Breach (2018)
Darkest Dungeon II (2023)
Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles (2025)
Fire Emblem Three Houses (2018)
Frostpunk (2018)
Ixion (2022)
Legend of Dragoon (1999)
Shadow Hearts: Covenant (2004)
Limbus Company (2022)
Lost Eidolons: Veil of The Witch (2022)
Phoenix Point (2019)
Runeborn (2025)
Balatro (2024)
Wolverine (2026)
XCOM 2 (2016)
Monster Hunter Wilds (2025)


▶Movies/TV/Anime/Literature Shown

None in this one


▶Music Sources (in Order):

TUNIC OST - Relics of Comradery
Prelude by Kevin MacLeod
13 Sentinels : Aegis Rim OST - THREONINE
VA-11 HA-11-A OST - A Neon Glow Lights the Way
Death's Door OST - Adventurer's Battle
Return of The Obra Dinn OST - Loose Cargo
Astral Chain OST - Ark Mall
Astral Chain OST - Zone 09: Lower Level
Deltarune OST - Rude Buster
Ys X Nordics OST - The Road so Far, The Future Ahead
Death's Door OST - Demonic Forest Spirit
TUNIC OST - Spirit Estuary
Silksong OST - Greymoor
Silksong OST - Shellwood

Under_Lust - Dusqk
(https://youtu.be/yU_EpBtqiRk?si=YMWa_AB-Re2Fph8Bu0026t=1640)
(https://open.spotify.com/artist/0qtZVPcLT2hRZ9FHQvrPTj)


▶Media/Clips/Considerations:

ADHD: Essential Ideas for Parents - Dr. Russell Barkely
https://youtu.be/YSfCdBBqNXY?si=VUutZ-ERS3WV9Rdx

▶Research Sources

(A) Gamers Have Become Less Interested in Strategic Thinking and Planning
https://quanticfoundry.com/2024/05/21/strategy-decline

(B) 7 Things We Learned About Primary Gaming Motivations From Over 250,000 Gamers
https://quanticfoundry.com/2016/12/15/primary-motivations

(C) Impact of Social Media Usage on Attention Spans
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=143508
https://www.scirp.org/pdf/psych_6904734.pdf

(D) The Association between Attention Impairments and the Internet and Social Media Usage among Adolescents and Young Adults with Potential Consequences: A Review of Literature
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=126948
https://www.scirp.org/pdf/psych_2023081114153830.pdf

(E) Why our attention spans are shrinking, with Gloria Mark, PhD
https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/attention-spans

(F) Digital 2025: the state of social media in 2025
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2025-sub-section-state-of-social

(G) Maturation of the adolescent brain
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3621648/