&gt; time slips away<p>It doesn&#x27;t help that many modern games explicitly use Operant Conditioning to keep people playing. MMOs and &quot;free to play&quot; games are notorious, but you will find Skinner Boxes in a lot of modern games.<p>Extra Credits has a nice overview, which includes a few design suggestions which games can use instead of hooking players with a reward schedule.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=tWtvrPTbQ_c" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=tWtvrPTbQ_c</a><p>Also, it&#x27;s not just games - you will find Operant Conditioning style reward schedules in some &quot;social media&quot; businesses, too, which can waste someone&#x27;s day just as bad as any game.