ayla [she/her] to Gaming@beehaw.org • 4 months agoNew study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game itemspatrickklepek.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square24arrow-up1143arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgames@lemmit.online
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkNew study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game itemspatrickklepek.substack.comayla [she/her] to Gaming@beehaw.org • 4 months agomessage-square24file-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgames@lemmit.online
minus-square@girl@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink33•4 months agoI experienced this playing neopets in the early-mid 2000s so it’s not exactly new, but might be more prevalent now
minus-square@navilinkfedilink5•4 months agoThe NX store in MapleStory was the hot shit. I remember walking to 711 and spending my saved lunch money change on NX cash.
minus-square@conorab@lemmy.conorab.comlinkfedilink3•4 months agoAlso holy shit: Club Penguin! This kind of thing has been around forever!
I experienced this playing neopets in the early-mid 2000s so it’s not exactly new, but might be more prevalent now
The NX store in MapleStory was the hot shit. I remember walking to 711 and spending my saved lunch money change on NX cash.
Also holy shit: Club Penguin! This kind of thing has been around forever!