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Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design by bladewolf47 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @01:24AM (#19856074)
Are referring to Addiction by Design? This article reminded me of that book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13748038-addiction-by-de...

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Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design by Animats on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @03:35AM (#19856661)
Clickbait link. Site wants a sign-in.

Wikipedia article.[1]

Author's site.[2]

Princeton University Press PDF of book introduction.[3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction_by_Design [2] https://www.natashadowschull.org/addiction-by-design/ [3] http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9156.pdf

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Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design by r3bl on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:47AM (#19857908)
> Site wants a sign-in.

Interestingly, they show the pop-up only in the US. Accessing from other locations doesn't show it.

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Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design by Causality1 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @02:13AM (#19856298)
Bingo. That book is one of the greatest driving forces behind loot boxes and live services.
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