Comment on My mental health has improved after deleting games that have microtransactions in them

zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was just talking about farmville the other day, howbmassive it was. Feel like it was an early example of this

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  • tburkhol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My 80-year-old mother is stil hooked on Hay Day (2012 Farmville clone). She doesn’t alarm-clock overnight events any more, but that could be because she can’t sleep through the night now. Got a team of other old ladies around the world for contests, and it’s right on the edge of where I think it’s great that she’s got something to keep her engaged versus might need an addiction intervention.

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    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not usually one for those types of games but I had a lot of fun with the player economy of that game. You don’t even need to do any farming, there were always desperate players selling low ans buying high lol

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      • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        WoW auction house feelings right there. Dunno how it is nowadays, but I remember that back on Battle for Azeroth, that was the only way to get the 5 million gold for a super exclusive mount

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