• @parpol@programming.dev
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    03 months ago

    It would help the prosecution’s case if there first was scientific evidence of there being such a thing as gaming addiction, and not just boomers arguing it because they think kids these days should go outside more.

    • It’s not a gaming addition that’s the problem, it’s that many of these games basically follow the same playbook that casinos do. They’re gambling disguised as a video game.

      • @parpol@programming.dev
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        13 months ago

        Yes, but that’s not what this story is about, and they don’t cause gaming addiction, they cause gambling addiction. You can’t get addicted to gaming itself.

        • You can get addicted to literally anything, but that has more to do with your personality than the vice. I knew a guy who was addicted to advil. Didn’t have chronic pain or anything, but couldn’t stop taking it.

    • @SinJab0n
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      13 months ago

      It would help the prosecution’s case if there first was scientific evidence of there being such a thing as gaming addiction

      There’s already evidence, and studies showing how u can also develop an addiction (which basically applies to everything and anything).

      But-t we aint talking about games in general, we r talking about those games focused solely on lootboxes and “surprise mechanics” as ubisoft likes to call their digital casinos.

      Im also a gamer dude, and thats why we need to recognize when theres a problem in the industry instead of trying to ignore it.