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You can't sue us for making games 'too entertaining,' say major game developers in response to addiction lawsuits (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago

Yes yes yes, I'm very on board with this. I think we all know what we're doing is wrong and manipulative on some level, but the general consciousness hasn't caught up to recognising the tort.

It may be just be association, but I'm not a huge fan of the term "entertainment" either. It strikes the same hollow note for me as "content."

Yes it's an apt description for a part of an experience, but it comes so laden with its own associations and preconceptions, that it doesn't feel useful in most contexts in which it's deployed.

That said I have no objections to how you've used it in your comment.