The Glorious, Profitable, Inescapable Art of Addiction

Re:The Glorious, Profitable, Inescapable Art of Addiction by cousin_it on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:47AM (#20467969)

> Is there a chemical difference between this and the pleasure some get from reading great literary works

Yes, and that difference is the whole point of art vs entertainment. After consuming entertainment, you want more entertainment. But after consuming art - after reading The Great Gatsby - your eyes get yanked back to your own life. You start thinking "what doomed dreams do I have?", not "when will they release Great Gatsby 2?"

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Re:The Glorious, Profitable, Inescapable Art of Addiction by ahaferburg on Friday July 19, 2019 @05:00AM (#20477137)

Note that the comment didn't say books vs games. A video game can be art, and a book can be entertainment.

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Re:The Glorious, Profitable, Inescapable Art of Addiction by konstmonst on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:13AM (#20468936)

I had the same feeling after playing Sekiro (And I read a lot)

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