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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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Risk Factors Associated with Gambling on Loot Boxes
Psicothema, 2023 Background: : Loot boxes (LBs) are virtual objects that players open without knowing the value of the item they will obtain. Because of their features, studies have explored their association with gambling, finding commonalities. However, risk factors have been overlooked.
Juan A. Moriana +4 more
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2021 Background: The main aim of the current study was to evaluate the relationship of loot box engagement to gender, disordered gaming, using massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), and motives for online gaming among young adults. Method:
Cuneyt Evren +4 more
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Loot box gambling addiction risk versus responsible computing: a systematic review
Journal on Interactive Systems, 2023 There are many ways to monetize video games: from the simple direct purchase to the system of “games as a service”. There are, however, forms of monetization that show strong indications of being detrimental to consumers, such as the so-called “loot ...
Luiz Felipe Carvalho Duarte +1 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Loot boxes in video games are a form of in-game transactions with randomized elements. Concerns have been raised about loot boxes' similarities with gambling and their potential harms (e.g. overspending).
Leon Y. Xiao
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Open World Regulation: The Urgent Need for Federal Legislation on Video Game Loot Boxes [PDF]
, 2021 Loot boxes are items in video games that contain randomized prizes that players can purchase with real-world money. In recent years, loot boxes have come under scrutiny because the relationship between behavior and the underlying mechanics of loot boxes ...
Reyes, Alex
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Policy on unreliable game addiction diagnoses puts the cart before the horse [PDF]
, 2019 Internationally, several policies have been designed to prevent pathological or “problematic” gaming issues in youth, commonly referred to simply as “game addiction.” Particularly following the release of the World Health Organization’s “gaming disorder”
Bean, Anthony +3 more
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European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020 Abstract This study explored the validity of person judgements by targets and their acquaintances (‘informants’) in longitudinally predicting a broad range of psychologically meaningful life experiences. Judgements were gathered from four sources (targets, N = 189; and three types of informants, N = 1352), and their relative predictive validity was ...
Nele M. Wessels +3 more
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Regulation of Loot Box Mechanics [PDF]
, 2021 There has been debate among legal scholars as to whether loot boxes can be considered a form of gambling and whether they should or how they should be regulated. Loot boxes are virtual items users can purchase within video games for real money.
Saleemi, Mamoon
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Loot boxes as a form of gambling, and their potential for contributing to gaming related harm
Critical Gambling Studies, 2021 A CGS blog entry titled "Loot boxes as a form of gambling, and their potential for contributing to gaming related harm".
Mike Dixon, Chanel Larche
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