The psychology of spoilers
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This week, on Verge ESP: SPOILER ALERT! Liz will spoil the Pluto flyby (it totally worked!); Emily has feelings about Pixels and the videogamification of movies. Plus, social psychologist — and spoiler expert — Nicholas Christenfeld drops by to tell Emily what he’s found in his research on spoilers. And at the very end of the show — spoiler — Liz and Emily spoil two major works of art.
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