Designed to Addict: The Skinner Box ➣ RagnarRox

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Behavioral Game Design is pretty common in video games these days. From AAA-games to the cheapest shovelware titles, employing respondent conditioning methods like in B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning chamber are an often used and often exploited way to artificially prolongate playtime at considerably lower costs than creating awesome moment-to-moment gameplay that keeps the player engaged for the same amount of time.

So what's the basic principle behind it and is it all bad?
Let's find out.

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