ayla [she/her]@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 8 months agoNew study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game itemspatrickklepek.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkNew study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game itemspatrickklepek.substack.comayla [she/her]@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 8 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregirl@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·8 months agoI experienced this playing neopets in the early-mid 2000s so it’s not exactly new, but might be more prevalent now
minus-squarenavi@lemmy.tespia.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoThe NX store in MapleStory was the hot shit. I remember walking to 711 and spending my saved lunch money change on NX cash.
minus-squareconorab@lemmy.conorab.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoAlso holy shit: Club Penguin! This kind of thing has been around forever!
I experienced this playing neopets in the early-mid 2000s so it’s not exactly new, but might be more prevalent now
The NX store in MapleStory was the hot shit. I remember walking to 711 and spending my saved lunch money change on NX cash.
Also holy shit: Club Penguin! This kind of thing has been around forever!