Among Us: how video games play with your emotions
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!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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