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Re:The science of addiction: Do you always like the things y... by golergka on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:54PM (#25425100)
> Surely the point is that this developmental ability to persist is wasted on FPS?

It's anecdotal, of course, but I always notice vast diffference in spatial conceptualization between people who have played first-person videogames set in complex 3d environments and those who have not. Me and my gamer friends could easily draw you an aproximate map of a location after being there once, correctly oriented by cardinal directions.

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Re:The science of addiction: Do you always like the things y... by _carbyau_ on Monday December 14, 2020 @07:56PM (#25425669)
Anecdote to support: With our first car that has sat nav, I instantly adjusted to it as a "minimap" in the peripheral vision.

Though of course, I wonder if I am more likely to have an accident because I glance at it without thinking.

Mind you, I may also have internalised the art of "knowing when to look at the minimap" IE when do I need to pay attention to what.

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Re:The science of addiction: Do you always like the things y... by alisonkisk on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @09:42AM (#25430719)
Are you sure that's the direction causality runs?
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