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Microtransactions successfully convinced millions of players to sacrifice portions of their actual paycheck to unlock cosmetic outfits for a polygon.

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Why do gamers spend billions more on mystery 'loot boxes' than simply buying the digital items they actually want?
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This is the very transaction that doomed modern digital economies. Oblivion introduced downloadable horse armor for a few dollars, widely mocked at the time…
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Publishers boldly release half a product at full price, then demand additional funds months later just so you can witness the actual ending.
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Gamers will happily drop $200 on a free app but refuse to buy a $10 game. What cognitive bias causes this?
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Nintendo's quality assurance testing apparently included surviving military-grade explosives. During the 1990 Gulf War, an American medic's barracks were…
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While martial arts are an option, the true path to victory involves picking up heavily chained mountain bikes. Protagonists will effortlessly swing these…
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