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Gambling and the desire machine | Pay to Win

Jimmy McGee

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Jimmy McGee explores the history of gambling, slot machines, and how modern game design uses psychological tricks to drive monetization.

ko-fi.com/jimmcgee A video about gambling, addiction, and game design, the first in a series of videos about making money from games. Video sources and """vibes:""" youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2AslNtHKpSxCxeIP57aVZFb24lHRAgd Text sources and video script: coolgames.zip Chapters: Introduction Part 1: I love horses Part 2: A hundred horses a minute Part 3: The perfect desire machine Part 4: Ultra holo gem mint+ Conclusion

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What people say. Recommended as an insightful video essay on the history of gambling mechanics and their intersection with modern game design.

jterryson Hacker News • Recommends

On “A real history of video games – Pay to Win”

Though the video is fairly long, it's a genuinely interesting exploration on the murky history of video games and gambling. This is part two of a video series, I highly recommend watching both. Part 1: link to this video
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AlexandrBon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Casino-like apps have drained people of millions”

…nd make a lot of money. I think the problem is analyzing this with the economic "rational consumer" model of human behavior. Gambling is not rational but extremely popular because people are not rational. The whole industry is a trap that feeds users dopamine rewards in exchange for money. Once you're in, the payouts have little to do with it. 1 link to this video…
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maxbondon Hacker News • Recommends

On “A New Theory of Distraction (2015)”

This is tangential but I watched an interesting video essay about slot machines recently1, based on the book Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll, and one of the surprising things Schüll's research turned up in interviews with slot machine gamblers was that for some winning was jarring and not really satisfying. It took them out of the trance-like "machine state," and their goal was not to win but to linger in the machine state. 1 link to this video
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