Valiane@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agoEuropean lawmakers will study a ban on 'loot boxes' and addictive features in video gameswww.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down12
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkEuropean lawmakers will study a ban on 'loot boxes' and addictive features in video gameswww.euractiv.comValiane@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·12 hours agoEven the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours 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-up3arrow-down2·11 hours 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