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You can't sue us for making games 'too entertaining,' say major game developers in response to addiction lawsuits (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hyper monetized minecraft servers can be reeeeeeally bad but i wouldn't say the offline play is designed to be addicting in the way that most modern AAA games are

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Fine tuning a gameplay loop so people keep playing (and maybe spending money) isn’t as far from designing something to be addicting as most people would like to think. Hence why gaming and gambling addiction dovetail so well.