Valiane@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoEuropean lawmakers will study a ban on 'loot boxes' and addictive features in video gameswww.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down16
arrow-up1563arrow-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-24 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days agoEven the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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-up5arrow-down2·4 days 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