I was talking to my wife the other day about how League of Legends used to accept Subway gift cards as a form of payment. My theory was that it was to get at kids lunch money in case the parents wouldn't give them money for a game - that way they could target vulnerable kids with their systems.
I can't know if I was right or not, and its pretty cynical, but in this other case from the article we have Angry Birds with an average player age of 5 years old using deceptive in-game currencies and gambling/behaviourist inspired design practices to make thousands of dollars off of certain young high risk players.
Every year that goes by I'm shocked this sort of thing continues to be legal
I can't know if I was right or not, and its pretty cynical, but in this other case from the article we have Angry Birds with an average player age of 5 years old using deceptive in-game currencies and gambling/behaviourist inspired design practices to make thousands of dollars off of certain young high risk players.
Every year that goes by I'm shocked this sort of thing continues to be legal