Games like this mess with the reward center of your brain. Your brain wants to get to the next level (the reward) so you keep playing compulsively. Or something like that.
Ha ha. I’m still trying to figure that out. Ive tried it a few times to see what all the fuss was about and my basic reaction was ” meh” so the app sits there unused just taking up space :)
Give me a game of Sudoku any day of the week. Or Scrabble and several other word games.
It was never addicting to me, and I have an iPhone. I hated that game. I played it maybe 3 times in my life. I don’t understand what people get about it. I’m more of a Tetris kind of girl :)
@rpm_pseud0name That link is fantastic. It explains the addiction, except whether the game designers lucked into it or seriously thought about the different aspects of the game.
I am one of the few peole on the planet who have never played the game. I have seen it in action but knew I would waste time with it.
That was a good, and informative link @rpm_pseud0name. It helped clarify the whys’ and hows’. As an aside, I first tried it on an iphone and agree with @Buttonstc “Meh”, but when I played it on a tablet, it became much more interesting and enjoyable.
Okay ill rephrase…..it appeals to the mostly stupid part of everyone’s brain…..somewhere near the area that stores completely useless facts that will never get you farther in life…..better?
I can tell you exactly why it’s addictive. You see, it was actually created by a secret sector of the government, whose sole intention was to [REDACTED]