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My Short Comment on Extra Credits’ Hidden Game Mechanics: Design for the Human Psyche

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You can watch the video here. It's awesome!

Wait, are you telling me that after beating Real Madrid in PES 2018 (legendary mode, 7 – 4), staying up until almost 8AM with no food/water, and then weeks later, beating my best friend 25 – 3 in a 30-minute-long match, it was all due to hidden game mechanics, and not my ability to get better at the game? And here I thought I had super persistence. Oh, well. 🤷🏻‍♂