Addictive Quote by Clive Thompson Download Open image “Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.'” — Clive Thompson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Addictive Appeal Games Mostly Narcotic Online Online Games Why
I know how addictive videogames are - I have friends who can't get up off the couch because they're so hooked. They provide these… — Olga Kurylenko Copy Share Image
I know how addictive videogames are - I have friends who cant get up off the couch because theyre so hooked. They provide these… — Olga Kurylenko Copy Share Image
No matter how I'm addicted to play computer games, I'm still addicted to you more. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Technology isn't simply addictive - it's addictive because it's a servant to business incentives. There are huge departments in these companies that are devoted to this and staffed by incredibly talented people who have skills that could be put to socially beneficial projects but who are now trying to find out how to make you click and how to maximize… — Astra Taylor Copy Share
“heavy video-game playing may release dopamine, which is thought to be involved with addictive behaviors.” — David B. Agus Copy Share Image
“humans find the sweet spot sandwiched between “too easy” and “too difficult” irresistible. It’s the land of just-challenging-enough computer games, financial targets, work ambitions, social media objectives, and fitness goals. Addictive experiences live in this sweet spot, where stopping rules crumble before obsessive goal-setting. Tech mavens, game developers, and product designers tweak their wares to ensure their complexity escalates as… — Adam Alter Copy Share
I'm also a video game addict, so I'm always looking to support my addiction. — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
Online games for data-mining have a short virtual shelf life. People get bored, especially if the game seems stagnant. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Why relax and enjoy life when you could turn every bit of it into a game? — Ivo Graham Copy Share Image
When we play games online, it's always so fun because that's something that we genuinely connect with because they usually like the same stuff… — Jessica Nigri Copy Share Image
The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Novelists in particular love to rhapsodize about the glory of the solitary mind; this is natural, because their job requires them to sit in… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
When you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
“While reading Kasparov’s book How Life Imitates Chess on my Kindle, I idly clicked on “popular highlights” to see what passages other readers had… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The main message of 'Smarter Than You Think' is an attempt to look at the productively new and interesting ways that we have begun… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Cities are dynamic - and deeply seductive for… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Railing at scientists for massaging tree-ring statistics won't stop the globe from warming if the globe is actually, you know, warming. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive. — Raphael Saadiq Copy Share Image
I have an addictive personality. I was addicted to computer games... and then all that obsessive nature just piled into music. — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive. — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Work is like a drug. I'm jonesing for more. It's gotten more addictive than I had realized. I get anxious when I have nothing… — John Benjamin Hickey Copy Share Image
Dieting by portion control doesn't work because one is constantly fighting addictive drives. — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
That grit of fighting is addictive, I'm scared of it. It's a very weird thing. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and things not… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
There's a reason why anger, fear, and hatred are paths to the dark side: they all spring from a single source - the same… — Matthew Stover Copy Share Image
The addictive pleasure of abandoning yourself to a book, of losing consciousness of your worries, your body, and your surroundings, to become a ghost… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I'm such a… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
