I used to play a shit ton of video games.

I don’t much anymore - but I’ll play COD a little bit today.

I went to download it and was reminded how shitty and manipulative the industry is. Especially COD.

Despite having free access to the game, at every turn you i am asked to purchase things i dont need.

its hard to back out and its often unclear how to say no to what they’re pushing. 

VERY easy to buy things on accident and there is no way to return electronic purchases thru microsoft.

i hate that shit. 

 the dark arts 

 Microtransactions ruined gaming for me  

 Pay to play microtransactions are terrible. Bring back Blizzard games pre 2014 🕊️ 

 It’s geared for kids to steal their parents credit card and buy everything. 

 #Nudges and #sludge. When behaviour design is overplayed and obvious it's horrible.  

 I used to play a lot as well. last game I clocked 100 hours on was Skyrim back in like 2011. After that, the microtransactions starting appearing, play to win, and I lost all interest. 

 I think you'd really like Helldivers 2