Category: Play

• The Relief of Completion

  

  Recently I gave an interview with VICE Netherlands about completionism tendencies when playing video games. If you’ve ever played video games, you’ll likely recognise this feeling: wanting to collect all the collectibles, complete all the open quests, and basically just “100%” the game. While preparing for the interview, I delved into the literature for some…

  Nastasia Griffioen

  January 6, 2022

  Play, Social Media

  completionism, dopamine, rewards, Social Media, video games, zeigarnik effect

• Be our guest

  

  Last month, we launched an awesome new initiative at the GEMH Lab, which I’m proud to be involved in. As a lab focused on games and digital tech for wellbeing, we get to talk to a bunch of interesting, open-minded people on a regular basis. We decided it’d be great to share the fascinating talks…

  Nastasia Griffioen

  March 8, 2021

  Play, Wellbeing