Crash Course Games: #16: Psychology of Gaming

This video focuses on the question: Why do we play games? What do they teach us about ourselves and others? The answer is pretty complicated, especially when you consider that some people really like card games, others may only like playing baseball, and others may only like watching Minecraft Let's Play videos But there are reasons behind these preferences and we're going to talk about them, what these preferences say about ourselves, and look at how these preferences inform the games we play. [8:46]