Video game addiction…..

[CGR45]

 

[oral.com]

I wonder, what parents in the old timey days thought about their kids wasting all their time playing the guitar or listening to music.

 

[CGR45]

 

[explorerzip]

Games have gotten really bad in the last few years for what amounts to gambling. Things like loot boxes, micro transactions and season passes. Whatever they call them, they're all designed to keep you playing and spending money. EA and Ubisoft are the worst offenders, but a lot of games have them. Free-to-play and mobile games are 100% guaranteed to have such things in them.

 

[helenj]

The same can be said about endless scrolling of Forums, Social Media, and the web in general....All of it really a waste of time but the question is what should/can we be doing instead?

 

[xix]

The same can be said about endless scrolling of Forums, Social Media, and the web in general....All of it really a waste of time but the question is what should/can we be doing instead?

Reading books or watching psychology info on how to find yourself, be yourself. Let go of the EGO so you can be better?, Exercise, cook, learn to love yourself so you won't be crying over a broken heart when you get dumped? and how not to waste time here.

How to become more mature so you don't do seeing other people while married?

Just a thought.

 

[rhuarc29]

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Not sure he wants to hook his kids up.

 

[rhuarc29]

Games have gotten really bad in the last few years for what amounts to gambling. Things like loot boxes, micro transactions and season passes. Whatever they call them, they're all designed to keep you playing and spending money. EA and Ubisoft are the worst offenders, but a lot of games have them. Free-to-play and mobile games are 100% guaranteed to have such things in them.

I agree. It's rather insidious, and I have no idea why it hasn't been acted on. Can only imagine most legislators don't understand what's going on.

As far as I can tell, there are two levels of manipulation at play. The most disgusting is definitely the gambling aspect of loot boxes. EA likes to equate their loot boxes to kinder surprises, but there's so much wrong with that analogy. For one, a kinder egg is like $2, and the dinky toy inside isn't worth much or desired, and is played with in isolation like once then discarded typically. EA lootboxes, on the other hand, are 5x, 10x, 50x more expensive, contain highly sought after prizes, are unfairly weighted so that your chances of getting the most desired outcome is much less than assumed, and convey advantages in multiplayer environments.

The second level is regular microtransactions where there's no random nature to it, but they still convey advantages in multiplayer games, so there's a strong compulsion to buy.

These compulsions are hard enough on adults with impulsive tendencies, so to have them affect kids is abhorrent.

 

[explorerzip]

I agree. It's rather insidious, and I have no idea why it hasn't been acted on. Can only imagine most legislators don't understand what's going on.

As far as I can tell, there are two levels of manipulation at play. The most disgusting is definitely the gambling aspect of loot boxes. EA likes to equate their loot boxes to kinder surprises, but there's so much wrong with that analogy. For one, a kinder egg is like $2, and the dinky toy inside isn't worth much or desired, and is played with in isolation like once then discarded typically. EA lootboxes, on the other hand, are 5x, 10x, 50x more expensive, contain highly sought after prizes, are unfairly weighted so that your chances of getting the most desired outcome is much less than assumed, and convey advantages in multiplayer environments.

The second level is regular microtransactions where there's no random nature to it, but they still convey advantages in multiplayer games, so there's a strong compulsion to buy.

These compulsions are hard enough on adults with impulsive tendencies, so to have them affect kids is abhorrent.

I think the UK government tried to go after EA, but that's when they called lot boxes, etc "surprise mechanics." Likely nothing has been done since.

The problem with all digital "goods" like movies, games, dlc, software, books, etc. is that youre only buying a licence. They can cancel those licenses at any time.

 

[Jenesis]

So I was stuck on AC Black flag and that ended my addiction for a bit but now - Harry fucking potter!!!! I’m done.

10 fucking hours. I couldn’t believe it. I played for 10 hours just getting my character together and learning the layout of the land and how things work. 10 fucking hours!

Thank God it is family day today so my brat can play with me. It is their fault anyway, since they made me buy it. LOL.

 

[boomboom]

So I was stuck on AC Black flag and that ended my addiction for a bit but now - Harry fucking potter!!!! I’m done.

10 fucking hours. I couldn’t believe it. I played for 10 hours just getting my character together and learning the layout of the land and how things work. 10 fucking hours!

Thank God it is family day today so my brat can play with me. It is their fault anyway, since they made me buy it. LOL.

Now we know why you were quiet on terb Sunday

Deep breath, sip of coffee
Deep breath, sip of coffee
Cup your breast & use your index finger to circle the nipple.
Deep breath
Pinch that same nipple.
Now play with both nipples like a game controller
See you were playing the wrong game