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Among Us: how video games play with your emotions

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AsapSCIENCE

Biology, Life Sciences, Comedy, Youtuber, Science

4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Video games, such as Among Us, have become popular in a pandemic, but why do we as humans love them? Studies find it is about guilt, the reward pathways of the brain and making things taboo feel normal. Also we start of the top by talking about the MEANING OF LIFE!!!

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0:00.0

Controversial subjects with the facts you be tense, but we are a sub-science here to make things make sense.

0:06.6

Today we are talking about the hit game among us. Through a scientific angle,

0:12.4

we're talking about anticipation, and anxiety, and guilt, and why this game is so

0:17.9

weirdly addictive and sort of bringing people together in a pandemic.

0:23.4

In a pandemic.

0:24.9

In a pande pan pan, in a pandamucotino.

0:28.0

It actually is a proper game for a pandemic.

0:30.5

Maybe that's why it's thriving, but I honestly think that is, well, I mean, that's part of what my studies are.

0:36.1

Oh my gosh.

0:38.4

So up the cats out of the bag, we're having a drink.

0:41.4

We are, depending on which episode comes out first, we know what we just recorded when a bell

0:45.2

alcohol, so we thought we would drink, and now this is the one that's coming after,

0:48.8

and we'll spill my drink all over the tech.

0:50.7

Mom, it's just my second cider, though.

0:53.2

I'm not completely fagged.

0:55.6

I am.

0:58.4

What's up with you now?

0:59.9

Wait, are you?

1:00.7

I'm sorry.

1:01.6

My argument bad.

1:02.5

It's just me.

1:03.6

No, I just don't drink very much now anymore, and it's just like one or two drinks actually gets me.

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