Are Battle Passes Training Us To Confuse Fun With Engagement?
About this episode
The episode discusses how changing one's mindset towards failure in gaming can enhance enjoyment and skill, using examples from Elden Ring and Resident Evil.
Send us Fan Mail He lost nearly 100,000 runes in Elden Ring and didn’t even blink and that’s where our conversation starts: what changes in your gaming life when you stop treating failure like a personal verdict. We talk through a real mindset reset in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, why “who cares, I can farm it back” can be surprisingly freeing, and how lowering the emotional stakes can actually raise your skill ceiling. From there we jump to Resident Evil Requiem on insanity difficulty,...
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