Comments on: The Paradox of Choice http://www.gmixer.com/archives/454 Mark Cooke's - personal and game development notes. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:52:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Linkreincarnate http://www.gmixer.com/archives/454/comment-page-1#comment-383 Linkreincarnate Mon, 10 May 2010 15:17:58 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=454#comment-383 This kind of reminds me of the aversion people have to stopping the game when losing at a game such as slots or blackjack. I think it had to do with sunk costs though. This kind of reminds me of the aversion people have to stopping the game when losing at a game such as slots or blackjack. I think it had to do with sunk costs though.

]]> By: beamjack http://www.gmixer.com/archives/454/comment-page-1#comment-359 beamjack Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:25:47 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=454#comment-359 You may also be interested in reading Blink, by Malcom Gladwell and How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer. I recently lead the former on a flight and it was pretty interesting. How We Decide was much more in depth though. You may also be interested in reading Blink, by Malcom Gladwell and How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer. I recently lead the former on a flight and it was pretty interesting. How We Decide was much more in depth though.

]]> By: Mark Cooke http://www.gmixer.com/archives/454/comment-page-1#comment-358 Mark Cooke Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:21:21 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=454#comment-358 Cool, thanks for the link. Looks like that person read the same book, the examples they gave were also referenced in The Paradox of Choice. Cool, thanks for the link. Looks like that person read the same book, the examples they gave were also referenced in The Paradox of Choice.

]]> By: Emmeline http://www.gmixer.com/archives/454/comment-page-1#comment-357 Emmeline Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:19:35 +0000 http://www.gmixer.com/?p=454#comment-357 This post is very reminiscent of this other one, and another prior post on the same blog: http://www.psychologyofgames.com/2010/01/04/loss-aversion-achievements-and-trial-conversions/ This post is very reminiscent of this other one, and another prior post on the same blog:

http://www.psychologyofgames.com/2010/01/04/loss-aversion-achievements-and-trial-conversions/

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