Valiane@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoEuropean lawmakers will study a ban on 'loot boxes' and addictive features in video gameswww.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1475
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minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoEven the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYeah. I think part of it is just that I’ve grown out of them. But part of it is enshittification.
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoYour tastes may change and you might have changed as a person as you aged but there’s nothing to “grow out of”. Games aren’t inherently childish. Certain ones can be, but games as a whole aren’t
Even the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying
Yeah. I think part of it is just that I’ve grown out of them. But part of it is enshittification.
Your tastes may change and you might have changed as a person as you aged but there’s nothing to “grow out of”. Games aren’t inherently childish. Certain ones can be, but games as a whole aren’t