This psychological phenomenon is stopping you from enjoying your video games... and your life! Chapters: 00:00 We've all been there 00:44 The syndrome that ruins everything 03:55 Social pressure 05:31 The abundance of content 07:35 Inappropriate perfectionism 09:43 The Zeigarnik effect 11:01 The perverse strategies of publishers 18:43 The psychological consequences 20:04 The solutions 23:29 The positive sides Follow me on: Instagram: / liightmax Bibliography: Carless, Simon. "How many PC games get bought - but not played?" The GameDiscoverCo newsletter, March 4, 2024, https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/... Chagot, Guillaume. "EA loses several billion dollars in stock after the controversy surrounding Star Wars Battlefront 2." Hitek, December 1, 2017, https://hitek.fr/actualite/ea-perd-mi... Crider, Michael. “Survey says most PC gamers wait for titles to go on sale”. PCWorld, December 7, 2023, https://www.pcworld.com/article/21655... Danylov, Oleg. “Steam users spent $19 billion on games that have never been launched”. Mezha Media, June 26, 2024, https://mezha.media/en/2024/06/26/ste... Gaming as a Perfectionist. Made by Daryl Talks Games, 2024, • Gaming as a Perfectionist How Fortnite Exploits Your FOMO. Created by Game Maker's Toolkit, 2022, • How Fortnite Exploits Your FOMO The FOMO syndrome: Not without me! PsychoBugs #09 ARTE. Directed by ARTE, 2021, • FOMO syndrome: Not without me! P... The element that RUINS video games. Directed by Aiku, 2024, • The element that RUINS video games Sawhney, Vasundhara. “Why Your Brain Dwells on Unfinished Tasks.” Harvard Business Review, October 12, 2020, https://hbr.org/2020/10/why-your-brai... Sharouda, Islem. “FIFA 19: The sale of FUT packs prohibited in Belgium!” L'Équipe, January 29, 2019, https://www.lequipe.fr/Jeuxvideo/Actu... Shiro Kuroki. FOMO really has ruined my enjoyment with video games. / fomo_really_has_ruined_my_enjoyment_with_v... SudOuest.fr. “Infographic. Budget 2024: Which ministries are winning and losing? » Sud Ouest, September 27, 2023, https://www.sudouest.fr/economie/info... This Week At Bungie – 1/28/2021. January 28, 2021, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/arti... Yi Xi Tang, Jasmine. FOMO as a new normal: Exploring the links between perceived social support, interdependent self-construal, and maximization with FoMO. https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/2022ugcon.... LANCASTER UNIVERSITY 2022 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE Music: Final Target in Sight by Trailer Worx Imaginary Friends by Oomie Grounded by Smartface To the Light by Edward Karl Hanson Bright Oceans by Smartface Elkhorn Creek by By Lotus FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE - Original Theme By Rom Di Prisco by Geek Music • FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE - Original The... The Verdict by Trevor Kowalski Persepolis by Alan Ellis The Laws Of Thermodynamics by Gabriel Parker Alternative titles: This is why you are losing interest in video games This phenomenon that prevents you from truly loving your games You don't like your video games anymore, and here's why Video entirely produced by Light Max Titles and thumbnails by Laurine Loviconi Thanks to Mathieu Guermeur for his valuable advice. Follow me on: Instagram: /liightmax There are 3,472 of us at the time of posting this video! :)