• Zorque@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Ah yes, the games are the problem, not the system in which they are created.

    It’s the video games that are the problem. Clearly.

    • daddy32@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      In this case, yes.

      Game developers employing psychologists to design systems to suck out money out of kids are a real problem, regardless of the context. Similar to advertisement targeted at children, but squared.

      • bruhSoulz
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        7 hours ago

        I agree w the sentiment but not the exact statement; games themselves arent the problem, but theyre starting to become a part of it due to disgusting practices by folks like tencent n em.

        Ironically one cool studio that doesnt indulge in such practices is fromsoftware. Just drops peak and keeps moving, even tho i believe theyre owned, at least partially or to some extent, by tencent as well? (scary)

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      11 hours ago

      It’s the video games makers really, not video games as a whole. There are ways to make video games without getting kids to spend their parents’ money.