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Virtue and a Sledgehammer hits different. We asked a neuroscientist to explain why.

Source: Jen Glennon · Published Sep 10, 2026, 9:00 PM

In Gaming, Jen Glennon puts this story at the center of the day: Virtue and a Sledgehammer, the latest from Devolver Digital, asks: Why is it so fun to break things? One scientist tells Polygon the answer. FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.

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