Mad About Science: Complex board games
Mad About Science: Complex board games
Mad About Science: Complex board games
By Brenden Bobby
February 27, 2024
Summary
While it's easy enough to boot up a console and start pwning n00bs online, some interesting things start happening to your brain when you're playing video games versus playing board games with a group of friends or strangers.
Video games - particularly games developed within the past eight years - have immense amounts of research behind them to study the effects they have on the human brain.
AAA game firms make money by selling you games and content, so it makes sense that they want the games to be fun and addictive.
For the Nintendo Entertainment System when I was young enough to still say "Basketti," so if you're expecting a dusty lecture on why video games are bad and board games are good, you're likely to be disappointed.
Board games do something else entirely to our brains, depending heavily on what the board game is, just like with video games.
Board games come in a staggering variety, from snappy party games like Cards Against Humanity and Here to Slay, to deeper strategy games like Monopoly and Risk.
There is no single, surefire solution to either game, and it's evident that if your group plays multiple games it will often be more wary of winners of past games.
Reference
Bobby, B. (2024, February 27). Mad About Science: Complex board games» Sandpoint Reader. Sandpoint Reader. https://sandpointreader.com/mad-about-science-complex-board-games/