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How slot machines across states feed one jackpot
That wildly massive number spinning above the machine isn't just funding your local venue. These networks siphon a microscopic percentage from thousands of…
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Why video poker must follow a payout schedule
Unlike the completely opaque mystery of regular slot machines, these specific cabinets actually have to prove they are fair. The internal software must…
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Why Skyrim’s characters sound strangely familiar
If you ever felt like you were experiencing acute vocal déjà vu while wandering through the frozen tundra of Tamriel, you were not crazy. Despite a massive…
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Why the PlayStation 2 had an Emotion Engine
Because nothing says emotional intelligence like raw silicon processing power. In 1999, Sony heavily marketed the PlayStation 2's custom CPU as the 'Emotion…
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How Dota 2 fans fund its giant prize pools
Instead of paying out of pocket, the publisher simply begs the community to buy digital compendiums to fund the champions. The fans literally pay the massive…
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A major video game release can earn more than the biggest theatrical films
Traditional massive movie studios are intensely heavily jealous of the sheer financial power of modern interactive media. A single highly entirely anticipated…
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Celebrities are frequently paid millions just to tweet
Massive global superstars are entirely casually handed absolute briefcases of cash simply to entirely falsely pretend they actively play entirely generic…
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Pan European board ratings differ vastly from Americans
Cultural attitudes regarding digital violence and obscenity vary so wildly that different continents slap entirely different age restrictions on the exact…
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Electronic Arts pays hundreds of millions for NFL rights
By legally monopolizing the professional football license, a single publisher completely eradicated any potential market competition. Fans are forcefully…
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Why Redbox abandoned its rental kiosks
Sticking cheap plastic discs into massive grocery store vending machines finally became completely financially unsustainable. The sheer brilliant convenience…
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Sony acquired Bungie studios for three point six billion
In a desperate scramble to secure a live service revenue stream, executives threw billions at the exact studio that created their biggest rival's flagship…
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How Roblox creators make money from virtual items
Teenagers are actively out-earning seasoned corporate executives by selling digital hats and minigames to younger children. The platform basically…
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You can buy advertising space on a video-game track
Developers fully completely treat their digital environments precisely like highly real world actual real estate by aggressively selling background ad space…
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OnLive tried cloud gaming before the internet was ready
A wildly ambitious startup tried to process massive graphical files entirely over extremely slow broadband connections and completely imploded. Being ahead of…
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Why Lego video games sold by the hundreds of millions
Smashing virtual plastic bricks to collect slightly smaller virtual plastic studs is universally beloved by humanity. The sheer absurd volume of copies moved…
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Brand sponsorships heavily entirely carry professional gaming
The entire totally competitive structure would absolutely entirely immediately collapse overnight without the massive deep influx of energy drink advertising…
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Professional competitive teams heavily rely on venture capital
Billionaire actual investors deeply pump absolutely massive amounts of totally raw cash into entirely unproven competitive gaming brands wildly hoping for a…
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Gran Turismo has launched real racing careers
Playing a racing title excessively actually turned out to be a totally viable career path for a select few. Corporations literally plucked teenagers from…
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GameFly still mails video games
A postal mail rental service continues to entirely comfortably survive in an era of totally instantaneous broadband downloads. There is a surprisingly…
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Physical collector editions heavily rely on cheap statues
Companies incredibly entirely artificially inflate the totally strict retail strictly total cost of highly perfectly entirely special absolute entirely…
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How Fortnite concerts reach millions without a world tour
Pop stars realized they can stand in a motion capture studio for an afternoon and reach more fans than a grueling global tour. It is the ultimate lazy payday…
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How Tomb Raider turned Cambodia into a tourist draw
The sheer star power of an actress wearing a ridiculous tactical outfit in an action movie fundamentally altered the economy of Cambodia. Hollywood marketing…
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How internet forums sent GameStop’s stock soaring
A failing brick and mortar retail chain became the absolute center of a global financial crisis because bored internet users wanted to spite hedge funds. Meme…
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When League of Legends outdraws the Super Bowl
More people tune in to watch teenagers click mice aggressively than watch massive grown men tackle each other. Traditional sports networks are entirely…
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