Gachapwned is a column by Eliot Lefebvre focused on gacha games in the MMO and multiplayer industries. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]
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Gachapwned: The hollowness of gacha MMO shutdowns and the way you lose
Sunsets are a reality in our line of coverage. They're not a constant, of course, but there are a lot of MMORPGs that do...
Gachapwned: How gacha games drown us in progression and randomness
Over the past three weeks of the Gachapwned column, we've talked about the three main prongs that keep people invested in gacha games in...
Gachapwned: How gacha MMOs attract players with the secret of volume
There is a strange phenomenon that is true for perhaps not every human being, but the vast majority I've met and dealt with over...
Gachapwned: How gacha MMOs attract players with gameplay that’s calculated to be mid
This week in our Gachapwned column, we're examining the three-pronged approach that gacha games use to attract players in the first place. Last week,...
Gachapwned: How gacha MMOs attract players with narrative (even players who know better)
The first two installments of the Gachapwned column were all about the ways in which the gacha business model is predatory, and more specifically...
Gachapwned: How gacha mechanics use pity and free content to encourage spending money
In the first Gachapwned column here on MassivelyOP, I outlined the history of the term "gacha" while establishing the rules that have to be...
Gachapwned: Examining the nature of gacha mechanics as a concept
If you mention the term "gacha" to most people, what you will get is a reaction somewhere between disgust and anger or one of...
