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Regulation of Video Gaming Loot Boxes: Lessons for South Africa from Abroad
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2023 To optimise income, video game developers incorporate microtransactions into their games. One such microtransaction is a loot box. This is a container that a gamer in certain instances can win or purchase to take a chance on the unknown contents in the ...
Eduard Van der Westhuizen +1 more
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Legal aspects of ways to monetize rights in the computer games industry
Правоприменение, 2023 The subject. The authors attempt a legal analysis of several forms of monetization of rights to computer games.The purpose of the article is the legal qualification of donations, crowdfunding, loot boxes as means of monetization.The research methodology ...
N. Yu. Andreev +3 more
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Loot Boxes, Problem Gambling, and Problem Gaming: A Critical Review of the Emerging Literature [PDF]
, 2023 The literature studying video game loot boxes is young but growing quickly. Given the rapid proliferation of loot box research and its developing influence in public policy, a stocktaking and critical reflection is in order.
McCaffrey, Matthew
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Loot Boxes: Gambling-Like Mechanics in Video Games
, 2021 Cite as: Xiao L.Y., Henderson L.L., Nielsen R.K.L., Grabarczyk P., & Newall P.W.S. (2021). Loot Boxes, Gambling-Like Mechanics in Video Games. In N. Lee (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer. Loot boxes are mechanics often found in video games that provide the player with randomised virtual rewards. Some loot boxes can be
Leon Y. Xiao +4 more
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Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2022 Recently there has been increased interest in understanding the relationship between microtransactions, gaming, and gambling. This review aimed to synthesise the evidence on the relationship between microtransactions, ‘Internet Gaming Disorder’ (IGD ...
Phillip C. Raneri +4 more
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Computers in Human Behavior ReportsBackground: The integration of loot boxes has emerged as a significant factor contributing to the increasing revenue in the video gaming industry. However, this integration has also led to widespread engagement in risky loot box consumption.
Andree Hartanto +1 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In-game purchases, including microtransactions and loot box spending, are the monetization systems of free-to-play online games. Although some studies have suggested that excessive in-game purchases increase the risk of psychosocial maladjustment and ...
Hiroki Shinkawa +3 more
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Global Playgrounds: Young People, Digital Citizenship and Loot Boxes [PDF]
, 2023 No abstract available.
Jayemanne, Darshana +2 more
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Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”
Addictive Behaviors, 2022 Loot boxes are purchasable items in video games with a chance-based outcome. They have attracted substantial attention from academics and legislators over recent years, partly because of associations between loot box engagement and problem gambling. Some researchers have suggested that loot boxes may act as a gateway into subsequent gambling and/or ...
Spicer, Stuart Gordon +5 more
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Random Numbers and Gaming [PDF]
, 2017 In Counter Strike: Global Offensive spray pattern control becomes a muscle memory to a player after long periods of playing. It’s a design choice that makes the gunplay between players more about instant crosshair placement with the faster player usually
Baglin, Sinjin
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