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Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting::Video game addiction. Sigh. Big sigh, even. Like, the biggest of sighs. We've talked about claims that video game addiction is a documentable affliction in the past, as well as the pushback that claim has received from addiction experts, who have pointed out that much of this is being done to allow doctors to get…

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

The most fun I have ever had in any game in my entire life was playing modded multiplayer Minecraft in private or non-p2w servers. The gameplay is fun and engaging, offering a wide range of experiences and great pacing. Many large modpacks do a great job of expanding on the base game's progression cap, giving you more content to discover, and greatly improving the base-building and automation aspects of the game. Nobody is trying to make the game artificially hard so you pay for progress and the designers and developers focused on making the game as fun as possible instead of manipulating and addictive, which ironically just lead to me spending more time playing it than other games.