EMOTIONAL ACTIVATION    情感激活

游戏能使我们快乐，提高生活的品质？

The Four Secrets to Making Our Own Happiness from the games.

玩游戏是一种quintessential autotelic work 典型的本身带有目的性的活动。

1. we crave satisfying work

2. we cravethe experience, or at least the hope, of being successful

3. we cravesocial connection

4.finally, we cravemeaning, or the chance to be a part of something larger than ourselves.作者说这四种需求是 the most powerful motivations ，是高于 our basic survival needs (food, safety, and sex).

这种心灵上的追求带给人的是精神上的满足感。作者通过举证和逻辑上的推论得出games making their real lives more rewarding的结论。