{"id":5532,"date":"2018-12-17T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T14:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5532"},"modified":"2018-12-17T15:36:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T20:36:28","slug":"why-is-cookie-clicker-so-addictive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/17\/why-is-cookie-clicker-so-addictive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Cookie Clicker so addictive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5506\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121718-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5506\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121718-12-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"Why is Cookie Clicker so addictive?\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121718-12-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw121718-12.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why is Cookie Clicker so addictive?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Repetition. Simplicity. Incremental rewards (and slow in coming; it takes a while to get to the point where you can hire grandmas to do the work for you). And who doesn\u2019t like cookies? And grandmas? (You aren&#8217;t one of those players who would sell grandma, are you?!) Of course, if playing impairs your ability to function, it could be a problem. So much so that Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is being studied; go to the database PsycInfo and search for articles for more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Repetition. Simplicity. Incremental rewards (and slow in coming; it takes a while to get to the point where you can hire grandmas to do the work for you). And who doesn\u2019t like cookies? And grandmas? (You aren&#8217;t one of those players who would sell grandma, are you?!) Of course, if playing impairs your ability to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/17\/why-is-cookie-clicker-so-addictive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why is Cookie Clicker so addictive?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5549,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5532\/revisions\/5549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}