Re:The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got Fired
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @05:11PM
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> I'm guessing that the earliest loot boxes for kids were baseball card packs
Baseball card packs are an innovation. If you read Peanuts, you'll see that they're referred to as "bubble gum cards", because cards were included as promotional items in packs of gum, a "free toy inside" that was compatible with the size and shape of bubble gum. They moved to dedicated packs of cards when people started buying gum to get the cards.
Baseball card packs are an innovation. If you read Peanuts, you'll see that they're referred to as "bubble gum cards", because cards were included as promotional items in packs of gum, a "free toy inside" that was compatible with the size and shape of bubble gum. They moved to dedicated packs of cards when people started buying gum to get the cards.
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1964/04/12