Grid Management

You are deep in a virtual dungeon, surrounded by epic loot. Before you can pick up that legendary broadsword, you must pause the game, open a menu, and spend five minutes rotating health potions, discarding old boots, and reorganizing a grid of tiny squares. This is "e;Inventory Tetris,"e; and for millions of gamers, it is arguably more satisfying than the actual combat. Why do players tolerate ...