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Vacuuming, moving house, unpacking are boring in real life – so why is doing them in a video game so fun?

  • Written by: Lesley Speed, Senior Lecturer in media and screen studies, Federation University Australia

After an exhausting day, housework is often the last thing I feel like doing. But I sometimes relax by playing video games where you tidy and arrange household items in living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms.

In a game, domestic tasks can be exciting. Like the indie success Untitled Goose Game and the blockbuster series The Sims, the games I’m...

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