In a lot of people it presses a button in their brain. That button says “Fuck yeah!” at first. After a while it says “I need this to function” or “This is what I do because this is what I’ve always done”. It takes effort to overcome the feeling of nothing when there was once something there.
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palebluethought@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI just don’t understand how people can get so sucked into gacha games. All the art design, the game world, all the other stuff they try to use to camouflage the slot machine, none of that stuff works more than a few hours. Once you see the “seams” of the skinner box, once it becomes blindingly obvious there’s nothing to find at the “end” of chasing higher DPS or whatever, why do people continue? It loses any sense of fun the moment it happens.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Klanky@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Yeah I tried Honda Star Rail after seeing it pushed everywhere and I bounced off it hard. I just my brain is just broken in different ways lol.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
all the other stuff they try to use to camouflage the slot machine
They get sucked in to our for the same reason people throw all their money away on real slot machines. Gambling addiction is real, and we all have our vices. IMO it should be more regulated.
brb@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Cute anime girls are cute.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I like anime girls and the games are fun, it’s not that deep
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
i like Blue Archive for its story and music and I’d even spend a few bucks if I really wanted a special character, but not much. since I’m not into the other gachas I might just be a rare example of an enjoyer tho lol
ech@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Addiction isn’t about fun.
Iapar@feddit.de 3 weeks ago
It is about escaping.