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Valve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residence (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] warm@kbin.earth 11 points 3 months ago

Respect to him.

[-] ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm so torn between "good that the kids learning to do the math" and "kid is still basically paying for Barbie dream house clothing packs which change the actual game exactly 0"

Net positive I think, and good on op for nudging kinder the right direction, but...damn have game companies gotten us under their fingers.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago

"Oh come on, you know you want the shiny, it's only $60!"

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