When the Video Game Reaches Out to Ask You to Spend More Money
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The Pandemic of Substance Abuse
CNN's John Sutter spoke with a teen who was addicted to Game of Thrones. She said she could either afford the game or her apartment, but couldn't afford both. "I'm not going to go homeless for this game," she says. The pandemic created a perfect Petri dish in that it offered social bonds and then figured out how to monetize them.
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