How We Got Here with Chris Kohler
Curated by: Chris Kohler (8 videos)
The video game industry makes more money than movies and music combined - and it got there by deploying the greatest hits of dark consumer psychology. Gambling, paywalls, and slowly but surely chiselling ownership out of the hands of their customers. It’s doing so well, in fact, that it’ll start growing outwards. This episode explores the origin of modern gaming and the moments that ensured it ended up being a sinkhole for money and frustration. 0:00 Intro 3:30 Two truths and a lie 7:15 The deal you used to get 16:10 The invention of pay to win 26:00 How they get you 32:32 The Whale 35:25 You don't own any of this either 39:25 The point 45:15 Two truths and a lie