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Re:Godot maintainer removes controversial satirical piece fr... by thaumasiotes on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:09AM (#26340286)
> The phone "games" that company develops (again, top in popularity) had no gameplay to speak of. You click a button, something spins, over a large number of spins you reliably lose ingame currency so you need to buy more.

This is a point-for-point description of one of the most popular "game" types in Las Vegas.

Re:Godot maintainer removes controversial satirical piece fr... by selfhoster11 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:33AM (#26340808)
At this point, I consider the majority of the mobile gaming space to be indistinguishable from a casino.

- Pretty flashing lights and bings? Check

- Keep feeding it money to be entertained at a constant rate? Check (or else it will taper off to nothing/degrade down to "not fun")

I would make a more complete comment, but I can't be bothered to spend the time at the moment. This comment would get so little points this deep in the thread tree. Wait, that almost sounds familiar...