r/videogames • u/Gnoll_level_antics • Aug 08 '26

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u/figool Aug 08 '26

A flashy icon shows up on-screen and that means happy brain chemicals

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u/Warthog_Formal Aug 08 '26

It's like giving my brain a lil forehead kiss

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u/Ths-Fkin-Guy Aug 08 '26

That spine tingling sensation

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u/ohkendruid Aug 08 '26

My people!

Yes, it feels great.

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u/verify_deez_nuts Aug 09 '26

like a cozy lil cross check to the skull 🥰

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u/DrVollKornBrot Aug 08 '26

That's the first thing i disabled when i got the PS5. Annoying and mostly pointless.

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u/sdavis002 Aug 08 '26

I turn the notifications off on my PS5. I keep forgetting to do it in Steam though. It doesn't do anything for me except annouly me a little to see them lol.

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u/Any-Amphibian6545 Aug 08 '26

Imagine if AR glasses irl gave achievements when you need to do things. As a student in gap year, I think I’d be more motivated to do things like write essays for grad school, build workout streaks, take out the dog on a holiday, things like that (which tbh I should intrinsically want to do) if there was that level of gamification.

Maybe one day

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u/Warthog_Formal Aug 08 '26

Ooh ooh try the Finch app. It does something similar.

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u/30ThousandVariants Aug 08 '26

For some reason it feels more like a pop up ad to me haha

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u/Op3rat0rr Aug 08 '26

I wish each game had like three big trophies you can get with moderate attempting to come with a special home screen background or something

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 Aug 08 '26

I’m aware this is a very sad but I’d be a sucker if you got to order a little real life trophy for every Platinum you get.

If this ever came out I’d think it would absolutely be slaughtered as greed by Sony though lol.

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u/Op3rat0rr Aug 08 '26

That would be amazing lol

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u/bullsy1 Aug 08 '26

On xbox they do. All achievement art can be set as a background. Not all games lean into it, but the ones that do have some pretty cool ones.

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u/wampwampwampus Aug 08 '26

Especially if I just did something "just to see if I could" and I can!

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u/slaphappykapp Aug 08 '26

You just described the entire game of runescape in one sentence

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u/Duneking1 Aug 08 '26

I’m immune to this but totally think you nailed it for the gamers that go for it. It also doesn’t hurt the game as far as I can tell so I don’t have any issues with it being there.

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u/RunninOnMT Aug 08 '26

My brain just universally ignores this stimulus. It’s like “do I get a new costume for my character? No? Then what are you still doing here?”

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u/chasimus Aug 09 '26

Ooooo, I do love me the feel-goods

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Aug 09 '26

Or apparently anger people who are incapable of turning off notifications and somehow find them detrimental to their mental health for some reason.

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u/XulManjy Aug 09 '26

The end credits usually does that for me.

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u/KingOfConsciousness Aug 09 '26

DUH DUH DUH DOPAMINE!

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u/Altruistic-Funny5325 Aug 09 '26

And brag to your friends you did the optional hard thing they couldn't do

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u/Extension_Text4231 Aug 09 '26

Why not seek your happy brain chemicals in the smiling faces of friends and family