Castle Super Beast Clips: Child Gamblers Love Surprises

[@charliec.1347]

It's not gambling, it's surprise mechanics It's not kidnapping, it's surprise vacation It's not bank robbery, it's surprise withdrawal It's not delivery, it's Digiornos

[@Crade1]

It's not murder, it's a surprise funeral.

[@kaarpiv375]

It's not delivery, it's Giorno's.

[@unversedhero6028]

@@Crade1 *It's not murder, it's a surprise nap.

[@vidjoegammer]

It's not piracy, it's a surprise discount.

[@Nel_Annette]

Did you know that if you yell "OOPS!" right before blowing someone's brains out, you can get off with an accidental manslaughter charge? It's true!

[@1kaligosa]

"No one has time to know what words mean." ~Pat

[@altosforteaquax5083]

Can confirm, this is true. Literally yesterday A co-worker of mine seemingly forgot the difference between the words ,upset and Confused.

[@TheCarlosCobain]

I love how he always acts like a fucking smartass when it comes to certain german expressions such as "Gestalt" due to his psych degree, but completely crumbles when confronted with words that he has absolutely no fucking clue about. Same with Japanese, really. And don't even get me started on his "French".

[@Zayindjejfj]

@@altosforteaquax5083 Words are hard when you're working man.

[@Cactusman129]

The most Pat thing that has ever been said

[@luisalonso959]

@@altosforteaquax5083 we're done as a species.

[@LordQuadros]

"So, Mr. Bond, what do you think of my surprise mechanics? I assure you, they're quite ethical." *Strokes cat*

[@thegreygoblin5165]

@@jakesommer3914 to be fair, I could see Bond being an occasional gambler

[@N00BSYBORG]

You've developed a crippling, life ruining addiction. Oh, and we also took all your money. Surprise!

[@francescolombardi3438]

(final fantasy victory tune)

[@albinoburrito900]

@@francescolombardi3438 under appreciated reply

[@generalpenny]

"Surprise mechanics" has to be the most amazing shit EA has ever given to us. Let's get the memes rolling boys!

[@adlerman12005]

They really were swinging to out do "pride and accomplishment" here weren't they?

[@davidspackagelp]

It's a clever defense, the equating lootboxes with Kinder eggs. But it kind of falls apart when you remember there's no Kinder egg salesman sitting in your living room 24/7, waving the Kinder eggs under your children's noses while going "eh? eh?" and nodding towards your wallet.

[@EviIPaladin]

There's also the issue of equating digital goods that are locked to an account to physical goods that can be sold on a secondary market. If you wanted a specific Kinder Surprise toy, you can go to eBay or Amazon or whatever. The same cannot be said of loot-- I mean, surprise mechanics.

[@Byzas000]

Not to mention the Kinder Egg doesn't charge you extra while also saying the more you spend, the more likely it is a rare 1 in 1000 toy will show up in the capsule

[@sharkodile22]

And to add on to what the other guys said, Kinder eggs are also a one-time, flat purchase. "Surprise mechanics" are $60 for the game, and _then_ the bullshit on top of that.

[@Gorfinhofin]

Also, you get to EAT the Kinder Egg, and it's DELICIOUS. So even if you get a garbage toy at least you got some tasty chocolate.

[@nefariouscritter2436]

A better comparison would have at least been those lego packs at stores where they have a a bunch of lego pieces in a pack and you're not sure which lego part you're gonna get so you keep buying packages.

[@Soulless261]

No officer that wasn't a bomb mailed to the EA offices, it was a surprise firework.

[@whiteblacklight9603]

calm down komi-san don't become the cutest terrorist

[@Zach0451]

"Don't piss on me and tell me it's raining" Didn't know Pat was such a Judge Judy fan

[@adcon00]

@DontListen ToMe yeah, from Judge Judy

[@JacolbyPoole]

@DontListen ToMe Mass Effect 1, Wrex says it.

[@Samm815]

It's an old saying.

[@MantraMan2077]

Venture Bros. Colonel Hunter Gathers.

[@CastlesComments]

Didn't know Judge Judy was an Outlaw Josey Wales fan

[@supersaiyanlegend4728]

You’re not getting murdered, it’s a surprise ending.

[@LightningZerker]

A Surprise Bad Ending, if you will.

[@marcelmedeirosmoreira5286]

And that's how my story ends...

[@darrianweathington1923]

Surprise forever nap

[@louiesalmon3932]

How did we reach the phrase "child gambling" and not have the FBI busting doors down

[@SonicMegaKing]

The industry is either that underregulated or that misunderstood. Both possibilities have unfortunate implications.

[@Blurredborderlines]

Based on the latest senate hearings involving investigations into Facebook and Google and their understanding of technology, this should surprise literally 0 people

[@Winter0263]

Underregulated industry

[@1337w334b00]

Also the people in government are mostly old and don't play video games. I guarantee you if the government was composed of 20-30 year-olds, lootboxes would have been outlawed months ago.

[@henryzweihander8282]

@@SonicMegaKing Both of these things are unfortunately our reality.

[@Peannlui]

Kinder Surprise! Except you get chocolate and a little toy inside it for about €1.50, versus EA closing game servers in the near future with all your non physical purchases on it.

[@bradensmith8682]

"This is where you grow the children." Woolie. Don't know why but that sentence really got me.

[@MrBda241]

I'm sure EA loved the surprise they got from that whole "Battlefront 2" fiasco huh?

[@TheValiantBob]

"Is it possible to gaslight an entire nation?" "Yes, but it's tough." [looks at America] Not as tough as you'd think actually

[@heyllo1337]

For a second I was going to refute you, thinking you were meaning look who is president. But in all actuality its rampant on both sides thanks to the media and the farce of our entire government. So, yeah.

[@ToastyMozart]

Yeah it turns out all you have to do is come up with bullshit that aligns with/exploits their preexisting biases and they'll fall over themselves to insist the world is the way it isn't.

[@vfxninja5503]

@@heyllo1337 trump bad

[@EggBastion]

[looks at America]? Dude, there ain't many countries where this isn't happening, True, there are those countries where they go a little harder than others and in some they needn't bother and simply threaten the populace with gun's and gulags instead... But yeah America don't got a monopoly on this shit and ain't 'leading the way' either *_: /_*

[@rustydragon4839]

Not gonna lie thought this was going different flight route... *looks at America 19 years ago.

[@divinityd662]

Everyone: We must go after EA, the progenitor of bad lootbox practices! Valve: ~smiles behind glass~

[@lilwyvern4]

It helps that Valve doesn't make many games anymore.

[@glitram]

First it was "pride and accomplishment" Now its "suprise mechanic" How im supposed to feel prideful from a fucking suprise

[@BillyMcBillface]

Arguably the most anticipated Castle Super Beast snippet

[@bellboy64]

00:40 "Woolie, no-one has the time to know what words mean." That Yakuza Zero playthrough he and Matt did is beginning to make a hell of a lot more sense now...

[@corwincori861]

Pat with his ignorant crazytalk strikes again.

[@tylerlackey1175]

No one has the time to know what yen is equivalent to

[@tychoazrephet3794]

We founded a country that gives conglomerates of power more rights than individual human beings. Surprise corporate oligarchy!

[@bryantwitchell3442]

Every time a news story comes up about a video game exec saying literally anything they need to do to keep exploiting workers or consumers, I think that it might be the time that they finally come to a revolutionary thesis.

[@tychoazrephet3794]

@@bryantwitchell3442 Every time a news story comes out about ______ I think it's a mighty fine time for a fuckin revolution.

[@laughingoctopus8556]

23:16 "is it possible to gaslight an entire nation, can that be done?" Exhibit A: Planet Earth, 2019

[@Zayindjejfj]

"Is that where you grow em?" 😂

[@EviIPaladin]

I mean, that was literally the reasoning behind the term. Children do most of their growing in the early years and all that.

[@HellecticMojo]

I'm still upset that Surprise Mechanics is the best they could come up with. Secondary Advancements Randomized Rewards Casual Contents. So many better scummy words to use! Who the hell thought Surprise Mechanic was a good sounding term? I'm sitting here going "Put me in coach" while waiving my arms holding my non-existent law degree.

[@heyllo1337]

I'd put random at the beginning of the thing.

[@cavs200]

They dont even needed to change the name, they just needed a proper argument Is EA shit at everything but ripping of peoples money?

[@daevious_]

@@cavs200 Honestly, EA has drifted by on a tidal wave of FIFA money for decades. This case is only important because it threatens the FIFA money.

[@HellecticMojo]

@@cavs200 There's an article on the Escapists basically says EA isn't any more greedy than other corporations. They are just so incompetent at management that they just do it louder and more disastrous than anyone else in the industry. No other publisher is known for shutting down studios like EA after all.

[@EnerKaizer]

At this point I expect EA to just go to court with this argument, fail (hopefully) and thus create just a gigantic precident-case (I think that's what it's called) which in turn kills any kind fo Trading-card-type product in the west. That's the only way this can go at that point and, honestly, I wouldn't mind. I'd much rather have similiar ruling s like how these kinds of products are handeld in Thailand. The TCG "Cardfight: VANGUARD" for example gets shipped in two ways over there. You can still buy booster-packs just like anywere else (with special foilings and whatever else), but you can also go out and buy so called "Display-Decks" which contain every card of a new expansion-set once and only costs a little bit more then a regular starter-deck. They don't have any kind fo special foiling, but you are guarenteed to get every card of that set once which means you just have to get 3 friends to buy one as well and everyone can give the cards they don't need to somebody else while you get everything you need in full sets. As you can guess, only the players from Thailand get those, atleast for now.

[@Somescrub]

The ending of this video needs a < To Be Continued/\\] The transition into the bullshit NBA unskippable ads was too good

[@trenchcoatjoe1891]

"Is it possible to gaslight a whole nation?" Woolie, look to the south.

[@metacomet3706]

When you look at that guy who killed you with the killstreak, unusual, festive Starbound Crusader hat and see how cool he looks, you realize you could get that to, and that's how I spent $200 on tf2 keys when I was 12

[@SergioSource]

@CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG Because it's all purely cosmetic and it's still a fantastic game regardless At the end of the day, if parents give their credit card info to their kids, that's on them

[@Blurredborderlines]

@@SergioSource This is what is referred to as "enabling" behavior and fostering addiction development, but sure thing

[@SergioSource]

@@Blurredborderlines Tell me more about how I'm enabling gambling to children when what I propose would effectively remove the access to said gambling from children? I'm waiting. I find it hilarious how you people on this channel always avoid any sort of nuance and context, and take a hard stance on something while only considering the cases that support your argument, while shutting off everything else with baseless accusations like you've just done. This is what is referred to as a "fallacy" to shut down discussion, but sure thing.

[@Blurredborderlines]

@@SergioSource "It's just cosmetics" is the literal argument used to justify the creeping death of microtransaction hell. You choosing to disregard this doesn't change that TF2 is the reason the "games as a service" phenomena and the state of the industry as a whole exists as it does today, but sure, you're totally not enabling the predatory behavior of companies by excusing children being introduced to addictive behaviors at a young age, not to mention that no, it's not just cosmetics, TF2 was filled with unique weapon varients that had active effects and abilities that straight up gave you advantage over those who did not partake in lootboxes.

[@ghirahimlefabuleux8984]

@@SergioSource At the end of the day if you allow children to play your game with gambling mechanic it's on you. Any game with gambling in it should be an automatic M/18 rating. *THEN* you can argue that it's on the parent, because it is! They didn't respect the rating. Most publisher won't accept a M/18 rating because it reduce the target audience unless it's some ridiculously big properties like CoD. TF2 has the right rating in North America but it is a 16 in Europe, which means it technically promote gambling to minors.

[@foxdude95]

Theres a great quote attributed to a former Partner at Goldman Sachs, Gus Levy, about encouraging the firm to be "long-term greedy." Look where they are now

[@Dlnew3]

8:19 Woolie... Woolie are you talking about a Dark Souls Arcade game? Cause that sounds terrifying

[@GreedAndSelfishness]

That feeling when English or German isnt even your native language but you know the etymology of kinder in kindergarten.

[@arempy5836]

Yuh. Etymology Bois, where you at?

[@AfroMetalMizu]

Take the EA execs out back and cap em

[@Nel_Annette]

A surprise demotion!

[@SteelBallRun1890]

Kid and surprises whether it be kids getting surprises or kid surprises make me uncomfortable.

[@-lotus8650]

*EA shoots someone directly in the face with a fucking cannonball* EA: "Surprise."

[@AwsmChimera]

Ahhh... TF2. Still sitting on an account of shit collected from back when the Love & War update was a far-off dream and when Community Servers were still a thing. Dammit, now I kinda wanna get back in.

[@BlkDragonian]

never stop getting in

[@jfp4life]

I still get on a TF2 binge at least 3 times a year

[@AwkwardKyle]

I always get pangs of nostalgia when I think about my Soldier and Spy days. I was a damn surgeon with the Direct Hit

[@TheProphessionalGeek]

The Golden Goose really is appropriate for this kind of situation. You could’ve had a constant, reliable revenue stream that lasts forever; but that just wasn’t enough for you. You needed MORE.

[@jedisquidward]

It's not a (NEGATIVE EVENT), it's a Surprise (POSITIVE/NEUTRAL EVENT)

[@joshuar1639]

If it looks like a loot box and acts like a loot box, it's probably a loot box.

[@masterofbloopers]

I thought that thing Pat was drinking was called “Guro”!

[@brookebreaksbooks4214]

8:15 DMC5. Nobody here who follows these guys use it, but it’s there.

[@CastlesComments]

Imagine the guy who smashed a kinder surprise open on the desk of EA's VP of legal affairs like he thinks he's Don fucking Draper

[@Arbal3st]

Wild-Card Mode in Ascension WoW is a surprise mechanic.

[@TheDapperDragon]

My favorite thing about this whole story? The fact that the bill about banning lootboxes got *bipartizan* support! EA/Epic/Actiblizzard fucked up SO BADLY, the shit show that is US politics *agreed* that they had to be stopped.

[@lifeiscrap103]

23:58 Actually the "Video Game equivalent of The Onion" is just The Onion now. They recently started doing "OGN" Gaming News. And they are fucking great.

[@fearanger1]

"You know, and like countries like Australia have zero part in the deal whatsoever, and are very happy..." - Woolie Shoutouts to my fellow Aussies, cheers to Sportsbet and Crown Casino for being a bunch of greedy pricks.

[@AntanovOCEFGC]

THANK YOU BRAVE SOUL! FOR LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW WE SUFFER TOO!

[@suraventri2544]

Nah its the Pokies in the Clubs that are the real killer. They are the casino equivalent of a lootbox, hell the lootbox opening flashy lights and sounds was perfected in Pokies before lootboxes.

[@fearanger1]

@@suraventri2544 Yeah too true, I just brought up what came to mind.

[@supersaiyanlegend4728]

You’re not being fired, it’s a surprise career change.

[@axelskull]

i wanna say the start of lootboxes/microtransactions as a force to be reckoned with in the west was TF2. There's been endless gacha/microtransactions in korean mmos since forever though

[@TheStrxggler]

#dissolveEA

[@HonestlyJustSomeGuy]

Not until my Dragon Age story is complete. That's all I am holding onto right now. Do not care if you or any others think it's gone downhill. And I know this is safe because it's too damned expensive and difficult for them to keep making those types of games for very long. They're too honest and demanding, still. They can keep all the Skinner box stuff. I leave when the games I like become that. Until then, I'm not gonna go saying that.

[@corwincori861]

@@HonestlyJustSomeGuy Dragon Age ended with Origins what story are you talking about?

[@blaacksugar7714]

It's not a robbery, it's a surprise donation!

[@Toy-Wave]

"no one has time to know what words mean" ***Patt doesn't have time to know what words mean

[@bleack8701]

My problem with this is that yes, western companies took gacha from Asia, but they made the gacha idea suuuuuuuuper egregious to the point where I look at a gacha game and I go "at least it's not Battlefront 2"

[@MajorShepard]

Woah wait I just realised this but...they might still put lootboxes in the games that says 'NO LOOTBOXES' and say its 'surprise mechanics' and say its different. God dammit!

[@LuminousLead]

I can't tell if you're joking about being shocked by this.

[@arempy5836]

Ah, it's genius.

[@josephlien8875]

I don't understand the defense of child gambling. There's a reason you can't buy cigarettes until you're 18. There's a reason you can't walk into a bar until you're 21. That shit's addictive. Kids are going to do it anyway, but at least some measures are in place to prevent kids from fucking their lives up. In this case, they are unabashedly encouraging kids to gamble in video games. It's unprecedented and disgusting.

[@TheSubscriberWithNothing]

That restaurant hand job scenario was mind opening.

[@throwdown1776]

It's not rape, its surprise sex

[@parodysam]

Happy Meal is gambling tho. You think you’re gonna get the cool dragon but you always get the shit spider that you already have 10 of.

[@weirdo3116]

What. I always asked for specific toys when i went

[@parodysam]

weirdo3116 I started doing that after awhile, but most of the time they either lied to me because they didn’t feel like looking or they actually only had like 20% of the different toys

[@weirdo3116]

@@parodysam ya that sucks when it happens. but I wouldn't say that it's gambling.

[@parodysam]

weirdo3116 it is if you don’t know for sure what you’re paying for

[@weirdo3116]

@@parodysam but usually you do. You can ask specifically for what you want. And if they don't have it then you can just not buy it and come back another time. While with gambling you can't. You're in before you know the end product

[@rasseabreeze6246]

Comparing it to Kinder Eggs is a pretty ballsy move considering KINDER EGGS ARE BANNED IN THE US

[@bleedthesecolours]

Mk. I swamp Woolie trying to break free @3:10

[@whiteblacklight9603]

gotta let it out gotta let it out

[@TealWolf26]

Money, I'm so glad you're money, money.

[@Ike_of_pyke]

8:18 let it die is basically this in some ways at the beginning though if you're good you can basically invalidate that element edit : how you basically invalidate that is by saying No to revive , using your in game currency to retrieve the body without having to fight which then automatically allows you to retrieve any money and items the character had on them. If you don't have enough money bring out one of your second stringers and grind the floors in areas you know you can get decent money and a meh challenge

[@theprofesionalist7927]

You know what would be a good surprise? To see this loot box law get passed and for microtransactions to finally die.

[@TJK10]

0:22 Why’s it ironic? ... Is it because you’re an Oompa-Loompa?

[@BØØTYP0UNDER666]

God pat looks like he’s close to death.

[@Makingnewnamesisdumb]

All bullshit aside, the EA lawyer guy actually has a point. Why is it that it's not okay to have a product that kids buy to get randomized junk for a video game, but perfectly okay to have Kinder eggs and crackerjack and cereal box toys and randomized blind bags and collectible card packs and all the other randomized collectible things that have been marketed to kids for over a hundred years? A cheap shitty figure or cardboard toy or sticker is just going to sit around for a while until it's eventually thrown away, same as a random digital collectible in a video game you might not be playing anymore in 2 years.

[@lol_no_man]

i HATED surprises as a kid, but I was also an angry old man by the time I was 8

[@TrixTrix228]

You know what's fun? Auction houses in MMOs. I'm not even talking about merchant players that go for the in-game currency, nah I'm talking about the one that requires IRL money to get. I'll never forget the guys who spent around $60k for a mount that doesn't have any stat benefits. You COULD get it as a very rare drop but nah let's just buy it

[@chrisdaughen5257]

How well are Casinos doing? Cause I think the people who ran those places moved to the gaming industry.

[@demonicomlet6454]

Don't know why I thought of this but woolie could totally take pat down ... Sorry you can tell I'm not Canadian

[@PrismPoint]

The best part of the kinder surprise defense is that here in the US, they AREN'T legal and you actually CAN'T buy them for your kids. Granted, it's for a very wacky reason that has nothing to do with gambling, but still, kinda funny.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

I will laugh if other countries pressure Japan to regulate or ban gacha. I will laugh HYSTERICALLY if they somehow do that to Pachinko (Granted I hear that's dying on it's own due to lack of interest in this generation.).

[@Abyss3223]

"Jump Scares"

[@therealPT302]

These are great

[@Moe598]

If they're comparing loot boxes to kinder eggs, doesn't that imply the target audience of said loot boxes are children?

[@lol_no_man]

It was FUCKING FUCKING FUCKING HORSE ARMOR from those shills at bethesda

[@AshhNT1]

So piracy is just Surprise Discount and rape is just Surprise Sex. Thanks EA!

[@TheGoldenSilhouette]

Hey Pat, is that your wallet or are you just really into loot boxes?

[@averyaustin1]

Wait till gamers storm EA's offices, then discover that the true CEO of the company is actually Pockets, the "Jedi".....

[@artthefarter]

Once the goblins took over the industry it was only a matter of time before it got like this. We need a crash but it seems that this industry is now a well oiled machine. Time and time again this will keep happening.

[@HonestlyJustSomeGuy]

You could just ditch the hobby/pasttime entirely. It's the people who are wrong, I say. They let themselves grow to attached to a form of entertainment. This is why my grandparents forced me to learn how to enjoy a lack of entertainment, and find "fun" in work. They did not appreciate how focused I was on my game boy. It helped. Boring as hell, but at least I always see "I can leave" as an option.

[@FelipePalha66]

5:23 gachi

[@Knopantz]

We gonna make Pat and Woolie Think of the Children a weekly segment? Imagine a world where gamers clutched their wallets as tightly as these pearls.

[@Ike_of_pyke]

The only times I defend anything close to loot boxes is: you can only use in game currency to buy it (horizon zero dawn) and or you can only earn them through playing the game (Arms & overwatch if you play arcade and level up) besides that I want them Fucking GONE

[@wolfdemexico]

I still don’t see how it’s gambling. Doesn't gambling require the possibility of losing? Loot boxes always give you something, even if it all is total crap.

[@pmw1993]

I think the legal definition is more than that. Otherwise casinos would always give you 5¢ back on a losing bet and that would make them legal everywhere

[@wolfdemexico]

Could be. It's complicated by the fact that in some lootboxes some of the items are consumables and not persistent acquisitions in the game itself. And for that matter(and this is literally a question because I have no idea) what is the standing of things like Magic the Gathering and Pokemon cards? Are these regulated as gambling? If so that would make sense because they function on the same principal as lootboxes. If not why are lootboxes considered any different? Is the fact that prizes in a lootbox are non-material important to the discussion?

[@pmw1993]

@@wolfdemexico Also unsure about that. Maybe because receiving a physical object opens it up for resale? Cards and other blind box items have value and can be sold/traded unlike online lootboxes.

[@lilwyvern4]

I just can't wrap my mind around this sort of avarice. Why? Do they think that all this money will make them immortal or something?

[@MrLeonLuffy]

Oh ok so not gamblers who use children as currency and also love surprises

[@SinnerBeta]

Didn't Martin Shkreli hike up the price of a drug that was paid for exclusively by insurance companies, thus not really impacting regular people?

[@trentsprigler1420]

That was the plan i think

[@Raven_Frame]

"Children love Kinder Surprise!" But... Aren't Kinder Surprises banned in the U.S.A.?

[@Khotgor]

They are Canadian. Canada still has Kinder Eggs

[@FrozenOver0]

I'm from the US, and saw a massive stand full of them in a shop the other day, so I'm gonna say "no."

[@KUNAIfever]

It's not forced Marriage , its Life program

[@stitches1110]

Uh, did they forget Let it die exists?

[@forestbr34th54]

They mention how great let it die is.

[@sigisecht]

"Is it possible to gaslight a nation?" Hi, US citizen from 2023; evidence shows that you can atleast gaslight half a nation.

[@masterofbloopers]

Also, Kinder Surprise Eggs are illegal in the USA because children kept choking on the “surprise”.

[@TheDapperDragon]

I literally just got back from the store where I saw a Kinder Egg. Called like 'Kinder Joy' or something. Either they removed the surprises, or that got repealed.

[@adlerman12005]

they are illegal because people like ea would bury a hunk of wood in chocolate to make you think you are getting more than you are and the law against that was never changed

[@masterofbloopers]

Dapper Changeling That’s my bad for not being specific enough. Kinder Joy is different. Kinder Joy are more of a dipping food. You peel off a tab and there’s a creamy filling and a little spoon that you dip balls of chocolate in, where as Kinder Surprise is a hollow egg with a capsule and toy inside.

[@tailedgates9]

Boy.....EA huh.....?

[@thelaughingrouge]

Pat, buddy... I say this out of love. You're looking like you found all the weight Woolie lost. Time to hit the gym bro.

[@quincallahan6323]

You can beat Let it Die for under 60 dollars in a not wildly unreasonable amount of time. I think it is a bad game with a toxic frustrating difficulty wall after a while, but it is worth noting when it is brought up in these discussions that it isn't 100% built to just bleed you of money. And for the record, yes I did beat it (although if they added content since its launch I haven't kept up with it).

[@ATMOSK1234]

Hilariously kinder eggs are illegal in the usa

[@shinluis]

I can't believe Pat isn't fluent in German goddamnit Pat what are you doing with your life playing videogames full time or something??

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

Companies are not good or bad they're neutral since their only motivation is profits. Now excuse us while we engage in something deeply unethical, whch is actually neutral for the reason I just told you.

[@ourbladesaresharphousebolt8113]

Man pat looks horrible!!

[@luisalonso959]

Filthy acts...

[@johnbuscher]

At unreasonable prices?

[@night1952]

But the point of stuff like randomized stuff for kids is that it creates a lot of social interaction for them, because when they get repeats the kids are forced to interact with random kids to trade, it's the same reason pokemon is so popular with kids, the social part.

[@crowman9511]

well aside from the fact that Most games dont let you trade anything.

[@night1952]

@@crowman9511 exactly.

[@LightningZerker]

@@crowman9511 Rage of Bahamut taught everyone that trading shit in gacha games creates a brutal market.

[@suraventri2544]

Australian State governments are very into gambling. Pokies (Slot Machines) are in pubs/clubs in sll but one state, we have more pokies than even Macau/Monaco. I've read stats that say gamblers loose an *average* of $3500 a year to the Pokies. They are a major cause of social problems in the areas around them, but the governments won't revoke the licences because they make bank on the taxes from them. Its the gambling they don't profit from that they will slap down hard. Lucky for us, EA's profits all get shifted around to avoid tax so they won't be able to hook the governments the same way.