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According to two mental health professionals, in a nutshell, video games in the 90s were better for children’s brains than the video games of today.“You fought through levels, memorised patterns and finally saw the ending,” Veronica Lichtenstein, a licensed mental health counsellor, told Newsweek. “It felt like you accomplished something. Your brain gave you this solid, lasting dose of satisfaction, like finishing a tough project.”Lichtenstein added that many free-to-play video games create “a perfect loop of addiction and are designed to make you return to the game.” “There’s no real end” and provides a “junk food dopamine” effect.In the 80s, 90s and in some part the 2000s, not everyone had access to the internet, and if we were ...