Power On Games

[Psychologist and gamer Jamie Madigan analyzes the human decision-making process for Gamasutra, explaining how research on jam reviews, of all things, might have surprising lessons for video game reviews.] For every one of us, making decisions is part of our daily human existence. Most of them are of little consequence –what to eat, what movie to see, what video game to buy– so we have developed an astonishing array of mental short-cuts to make these ...