Video games: news, theory & analysis.
Video games: news, theory & analysis.
Because I was trying to understand virtual items and micro-transactions, I researched the trading card industry. It made sense to me to consider the fundamentals from an industry that has been around for a while as a yard stick to relatively new terrain. (Yes, yes, looking forward through the rearview mirror. Thanks McLuhan. Now go back to bed.)
Today I found a similar parallel between the incentivized game design so common in social games (e.g. Farmville) and pinball machines.
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