“So punishment can make games more exciting – provided the player will put up with being punished – and that increased excitement also results in increased reward (i.e. a bigger hit of dopamine) which means punishing games can also be more addictive. So punishing games can be more rewarding games, you just have to overcome the dislike of punishment.
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