The NEUROCHEMISTRY Behind MMOs: Understanding Our Genre



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Ashes of Creation is an open world MMORPG set in a fantasy environment where you can choose different classes and races to adventure through with your friends. Intrepid Studios is the developer behind the game. Theyโ€™re technically an indie studio, but their creative director Steven Sharif has a clear vision for his video game: Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game. He wants to put the massive back in MMO. Exploring dungeons, griding for gear, crafting armor/weapons, learning new spells, and competing in large scale PvP battles. High end PvE such as raids will mainly occur in the open world. Bosses will spawn and roam through the land. Are YOU ready to enter the world of Verra?

Works Cited:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8220193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352317/#:~:text=In%20particular%2C%20a%20recurring%20theme,effort%20and%20gain%20positive%20outcomes
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32193325/
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/dopamine-affects-how-brain-decides-whether-goal-worth-effort
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9630490/
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18 thoughts on “The NEUROCHEMISTRY Behind MMOs: Understanding Our Genre”

  1. Dr Burns. Flexing being a Dr on every level here. great conversation , and cant wait for the videos on adrenaline and cortisol. I know most times i killed a boss in a souls-like game my heart is beating out my chest. no doubt i needed that adrenaline for greater focus and reaction time to beat those bosses, and it delivers a dopamine response that other genres cant give!

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  2. This, keep doing this. This is S+ tier content. I was reading a whitepaper on neuroplasticity in relation to video games a couple days ago and wished there were channels that would explain these interesting topics to people like myself who are very much not doctors. As an engineer, i'm curious, but i'm also not about to open up a new browser tab for every 12 syllable medical term.

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  3. Excellent, as always. Thank you. Yeah, there's always some kind of mechanism for both good and bad actors to exploit us in our hobbies and passions and I'm quite willing to make Intrepid my Prime Dopamine dealer as they're very much adamant about avoiding pay to win mechanics.

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