How To Get Back Into A Game, According to Science

Have you ever struggled to get back into a game that you've taken a break from? In this video, I explore some of the psychological factors at play in these scenarios. Through an understanding of what motivates us to engage with games, I outline some simple strategies that I've found effective in overcoming this challenge and finishing games.

If you're interested to explore any of these concepts in more depth, I've linked to some of the resources I found helpful as I was making this video:

Self Determination Theory (SDT)
Introduction: selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2000_Rya…
A Motivational Model of Video Game Engagement: selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2010_Prz…

Cognitive Load
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/cognitive-…

Loss Aversion & Sunk Cost Fallacy
www.behavioraleconomics.com/resources/mini-encyclo…

Habit Formation
jamesclear.com/atomic-habits


Games shown during the video:
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Dragon's Dogma 2
Valheim
Octopath Traveler 2
Halo Infinite