seasonone@opidea.xyz to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 年前‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-link‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenderswww.theguardian.comseasonone@opidea.xyz to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 年前message-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarenoctisatrae@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 年前It’s cool that this issue is now getting mainstream coverage!
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 年前Parents badly need to understand how bad these things are, because even games explicitly for children these days are full of it, and it has been going on for over a decade already.
minus-squaredisplaced_city_mouse@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 年前Not just parents – my wife has an unhealthy mobile game addiction. We’ve talked about it and talked about it, but it’s still a heavy draw for her.
It’s cool that this issue is now getting mainstream coverage!
Parents badly need to understand how bad these things are, because even games explicitly for children these days are full of it, and it has been going on for over a decade already.
Not just parents – my wife has an unhealthy mobile game addiction. We’ve talked about it and talked about it, but it’s still a heavy draw for her.