▲ 148 ▼ ‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by seasonone@opidea.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Advancing a game means merging and creating new items. You start with merging two items. Then two of those items can be into another one. Then that can be merged into another , and so on. It's an exponential system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evergreen5970@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago That was the only thing I could think of for “exponential” and I’m not sure how this is exploitative. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evergreen5970@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago That was the only thing I could think of for “exponential” and I’m not sure how this is exploitative. permalink fedilink source parent