Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure

Re:Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure by bambataa on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:10PM (#17136494)

This is slightly off topic, but are modern arcade games more extortionate than they used to be? If you play e.g. Mario Kart you have to keep putting in coins after each race. Maybe if you come first it lets you continue but it seems a total rip off.

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Re:Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure by mrguyorama on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:27PM (#17136666)

Atari aimed for a playtime per quarter of 2-3 minutes back in the day

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Re:Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure by bambataa on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:11PM (#17138848)

Wow, maybe not that different then when you account for inflation (though I might be way off). Who were these kids then who had rolls of quarters to throw into machines?

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Re:Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure by nitrogen on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:17AM (#17141504)

Sadly, sometimes they were the kids who stole money and possessions from their siblings to convert to play time.

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