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There's a little flash game -- the creatively-titled "Door Game" -- that's making a bit of a stir on the Internet. The object is to score points by clicking open doors and then clicking on the rewards which rest inside them. The prevailing strategy is essentially to check out each of the three doors, and pick the one offering the highest rewards; switching between doors has its price, however, because it means using up one of your allotted 50 clicks to open the new door.
The object of the experiment was to see how players reacted to two different versions of the game: In one version, a door would start to shrink and then disappear if you stayed away from it; in the other version, the doors didn't shrink or disappear. The idea is that it's supposed to tell you about yourself more generally -- how you make decisions and how you choose to live your life.
Dr. Ariely, the creator of the game, also has a new book out, in which he discusses similar examples of the mentality -- like shoppers' tendency to go wild at a sale "because by the end of the sale all of those items would be gone, and we could never have it at that price again." Presumably these impulsive, spending-spree-prone types kept clicking the shrinking door, or something.
Anyway, check out the game and know thyself a little better. Or at least -- given the current grim state of the U.S. economy -- figure out if you should leaving your credit cards at home next time you go out. The site sometimes takes a couple of minutes to load, so keep trying!
From NY Times
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Comments
103
Subscribe to commentssdhluvsjabMar 17th 2008 2:12PM
The link to the game is broken.
GemMar 17th 2008 2:19PM
The link to the game doesn't work!!!
SandraMar 17th 2008 2:22PM
worthless link
RleaMar 17th 2008 2:22PM
I agree with the previous comment. The link does not work. blank page
CarolynMar 17th 2008 2:28PM
I tried, what turns the game on?
The link isn't functioning.
DennisMar 17th 2008 2:22PM
i guess it was just not meant to be... cause you cannot play if the game refuses to load... tried three time.... that means you are OUT!@!!
deb pembroke pines flMar 17th 2008 2:26PM
as the others replied...link doesn't work
MaryMar 17th 2008 2:28PM
The games loads but I get a blank screen.
deb pembroke pines flMar 17th 2008 2:28PM
or maybe that was the whole idea
brewcoraMar 17th 2008 2:32PM
how funny!! the joke is on me, I guess this proves I am a shopping addict just because I clicked the link....lol
GoobMar 17th 2008 2:33PM
guess we will never know if we are good shopaholics or GREAT shopaholics. I know Im a GREAT SHOPAHOLIC, I got too much stuff!!
Rob StarMar 17th 2008 2:33PM
The predictability factor of the game is easy to figure out. If you can't open the link, you can't play the game.
MandaMar 17th 2008 2:34PM
Yeah.. that was great.. would help if it worked!!!!
MattMar 17th 2008 2:39PM
The link does not work! It is a new version of the game to see how many times we click the link before giving up. I clicked twice!
BrendaMar 17th 2008 2:35PM
Oh well it didn't work guess I'll go shopping.
LOL.
marshaMar 17th 2008 2:40PM
Why tease readers with programs that do not work? Is this a test to see if we are stupid enough to keep trying to open a non-existent link? If so, I think you will find that smart people give you one chance and that's it. I am shocked that AOL would allow such mess without checking out the link first. Enough said.
MarcieMJensenMar 17th 2008 2:36PM
This does not work!
marshaMar 17th 2008 2:39PM
Perhaps I didn't push the right button to send my comment, but I think AOL needs to check out links before posting them on the AOL page to see if we are naive enough to try something that doesn't work the first time.
soccergalinflMar 17th 2008 2:39PM
the F%&@$#*g like won't work!
thanks a lot AOL!
richMar 17th 2008 10:10PM
Interesting concept here. I chose no door and read through everyone's comments first. Kind of like a mouse and a maze experiment and sees who bites for the cheese. nice touch!