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Sure, video games want to get you hooked on spending. But there’s no evidence they can manipulate you – The Conversation AU
There’s not enough scholarly evidence to suggest game companies can control our minds or our wallets.

The ABCs latest Four Corners report is an investigation into how videogames are deliberately designed to get people hooked.
It describes the use of gambling-like loot boxes in games, the hotly debated notion of videogame addiction and, to a lesser extent, the predatory techniques of using user data and AI to increase spending in freemium games (free to play games which are monetised through in-app transactions and advertising).
The process of monetising and collecting data through videogames does…
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