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AAA Studios Sued for Addictive Games | Cold Take (Patreon)

Published:
2023-12-04 23:30:50
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2023-12

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Here's this week's episode of Cold Take which is a whopping 40 min episode on a legal case involving a mother suing AAA studios over her son's addiction to their games.

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AAA Studios Sued for Addictive Games | Cold Take

From the team behind The Escapist, we're excited to introduce you to our new employee-owned and fully independent outlet, Second Wind. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SecondWindGroup Sources Official Filed Complaint https://insider-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Casey-Dunn-court-filed-complaint-10.30.23.pdf Patent Search https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.html “Children Spend the Most” https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2022/08/children-between-ages-of-10-12-are.html UK’s 11 Industry Principles https://ukie.org.uk/loot-boxes Hearthstone’s Officially Published Card Pack Drop Rates https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/32545 How does Zynga Hunt for Whales? https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-does-zynga-hunt-for-whales-this-week-in-business Kabam Inc. https://www.linkedin.com/company/kabamgames/?originalSubdomain=ca “The Beneficial or Harmful Effects of Computer Game Stress on Cognitive Functions of Players” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037427/ Epic Games Settlement https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/fortnite-refunds Obesity Rates https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/obesity-rates-by-country Chapters 0:00 - 2:02 Intro 2:02 - 2:57 Lawsuits 101 2:57 - 4:36 Plaintiff 4:36 - 5:32 Defendants 5:32 - 8:57 “The Rise of Video Games” 8:57 - 10:18 Video Games vs Casinos 10:18 - 16:37 “Predatory Monetization” 16:37 - 21:56 Patents 22:03 - 23:10 Whales 23:10 - 26:19 Effects of Video Games 26:19 - 39:14 Opinion Time

Comments

Timmy Semenza

This has nothing to do with this video’s content—which I enjoyed immensely—but I noticed that Frost’s wonderful speaking voice has a lot in common with that of the Golden Age performer Oscar Levant, whom I saw today for the first time in 1951’s “An American in Paris.” You’re in good company, Frost.

Rihannia

This was my first introduction to Frost. I gotta say, I'm a fan! I also plan to rewatch at least parts of this with my teen and pre-teen kids. This effectively is a primer on the tactics used to draw money out of people in the gaming industry. I've found that, so far at least, my kids do pretty well avoiding scams and various other tricks that others use to try to separate a person from their $$ in part because we have educated them about the various tactics used in, for instance, commercials essentially their whole lives. This Cold Take will help us with that in the video game realm. Trans-parent-cy (🙃) about why we have the boundaries we have, education, and the similar willingness we have to just get rid of non-necessities if the kids are going to be jerks about our boundaries (I, too, would just pitch/sell their devices if they abused them) seem to be working so far to help our kids not fall into some of these traps. Some sort of warnings/rating system would help serve as guide posts for us, though. LOL--we need the equivalent of mental nutrition information labels. But I do agree that the parents here need to take some responsibility for enabling the kid.