>We had to block his card because he spent 5k on Genshin Impact at 4AM and almost drained his entire bank account
>The instant we unblock his card he spends 200 more dollars on Genshin Impact
I’ve seen this happen before in Duel Links, Arknights, Fate and now Genshin. The people who indulge like this are called “whales”. Check this out:
He eventually sunk around $1,500 just for a weapon. This is gambling addiction.
Pretty much every big game these days relies on addictive hooks. James Stephanie Sterling did a great video on the way game companies prey on “whales” by filling their games with gambling mechanics. I honestly can’t recommend it enough if you haven’t seen it:
that video destroyed my mood for a good few days
really made it seem like we’re fucked and there’s no way to do anything to make video games better for people
like we’re all just fucked forever
I know that wasn’t the intention, but holy shit it’s bleak
Hey so Genshin Impact and mobile games like Fate Grand Order, Honkai Impact, and Mr. Love Queen’s Choice are great examples of what’s currently got gamers in a chokehold. This video is really really good. It forces you to look at the fact that gaming companies are intentionally creating gambling addition to keep you paying hundreds, if not thousands, into an otherwise FREE game.
They are intentionally going after people who have these types of behaviors and exploiting it, and creating it in people who didn’t have it before by making the games look absolutely fucking amazing and giving them just enough to make them want more.
Stay safe ya’ll. Take a break from games if the urge becomes too much. Read books, watch tv, paint, craft, skateboard, build a doghouse, knit, play sports, make a game yourself, do literally ANYTHING other than the freaking game because entire teams of people are working their asses off to get you to cave and pay out.
Concept: region in an open-world video game that’s just intensely toxic, to the point that the player character needs a special magic item to prevent the air from melting their skin off when they go there. The plantlife is all throbbing tumerous pods and venom-dripping thorns. The Evil Overlord’s soldiers go about in hazmat suits and gas-masks. The sky is literally green.
Then you defeat the local boss and it turns out that it’s not a parable about the environmental cost of industrialisation, and in fact the bad guys have nothing to do with the region being like that – that’s just how it naturally is, and the inhabitants, a bunch of poisonous toad-people, like it just fine. The actual reason they sent for the hero’s aid was the Evil Overlord’s economic policies.
(Also, the poisonous toad-people have an incredible performing arts scene that goes largely unappreciated in the outside world because nobody else can safely go there to take it in. They produce some of the best opera singers in the world.)
i need feminism because when jesus does a magic trick it’s a goddamn miracle but when a woman does a magic trick she gets burned at the stake
fabulous
i mean they did also kill jesus. that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like i understand where you’re coming from here but they very much did kill jesus.
Chapter Synopsis: Suzie meets a strange man who has lost his memories, and has to help him find his work place. This leads her to an unexpected location where she finds Coach and a new mystery to solve.
My Magic Grandpa is a paranormal fantasy adventure that takes place in the 90s, go check it out!
Can’t post physical link or tumblr will hide these posts from searches.
“the trauma made you kind” fuck that. no. i am kind because i cannot allow anyone to go through what i did. i am soft because i chose to be.
Trauma made me scared, angry, and vulnerable.
Imademyselfkind.
“Ten spears go to battle,“ he whispered, "and nine shatter. Did the war forge the one that remained? No, Amaram. All the war did was identify the spear that would not break.”
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
