Ok, I should first admit that i didn't read all 8 pages of this topic! haha

Intensity and the need to 'finish' it ... but with these games, you can't 'finish' it.

How different is it from reading a really good book and you can't put it down? Try watching half of a good movie and turn it off to finish it later? Now add the fact that it is a child who can't possibly have the self-control that an adult has (and considering most adults have self-control issues with these very same things)

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I try to talk about this feeling of wanting to finish a section of the game, the intense immersion of their being into it, and how that feels. How does it feel for them to not have 'control'? What would they feel if they could 'control' themselves? How could they reward themselves when they are able to 'stop'?

etc etc