Mickey Mouse’s lesser known cousin: Ecstasy Mouse
Thanks Shavaun for linking me this awesome flash game, Mouse Party. It’s probably the best explanation of the neuroscience behind different addictions, because it’s designed to be digestible. It’s also the best because it’s been basted in awesome. My favorite mouse, as you might have guessed by now, was Ecstasy mouse.
There’s no mention of what’s happening in gamer brains, but that’s a good thing. We don’t yet have much, if any verified data showing anything abnormal happening in gamer brains.
Neils Clark :: Feb.08.2007 :: Game Addiction ::
[...] One of the problems with using the word “addictive,†is that it isn’t descriptive. Addiction can mean so many different things, even to a trained medical professional. Every real drug: meth, cocaine, heroin, etc., works differently. Just ask Ecstasy Mouse. These games attract players by presenting us with a combination of many factors. We know about some of these factors because we’ve seen them before, in these other addictions. Some of them, I think, are brand spanking new. [...]