Are video game companies using psychological manipulation to get their customers to buy more merchandise?

Perspective 1 [Medical/Psychological]: Validity of Video Game Addiction (Does Internet gaming Disorder exist? Can it be considered a real addiction/disorder?)

Perspective 2 [Social]: Effects that video game addiction has on consumers (stories of people who've suffered through or witnessed someone who's live was drastically impacted from video game addiction)

Perspective 3 [Economic]: Financial advantage that Video Game Companies get (How are they making their games addictive? Why do video game companies design their games to be addictive?)

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Article 2 Prefrontal cortical activation in Internet Gaming Disorder Scale high scorers during actual real-time internet gaming: A preliminary study using fNIRS

Article 3 Video Game Addiction: Past, Present and Future

Article 1 Exploring Individual Differences in Online Addictions: the Role of Identity and Attachment

Article 2 Predatory Monetisation? A Categorisation of Unfair, Misleading and Aggressive Monetisation Techniques in Digital Games from the Player Perspective

Article 3 Video game loot boxes are linked to problem gambling: Results of a large-scale survey

Article 1 Predatory monetization schemes in video games (e.g. ‘loot boxes’) and internet gaming disorder

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Article 1 Identifying Video Game Addiction in Children and Adolescents

Article 2 Video Game Monetization (e.g. Loot Boxes): a Blueprint for Practical Social Responsibility Measures

Article 4 Identifying Video Game Addiction in Children and Adolescents

Article 5 Is there such a thing as online video game addiction? A cross-disciplinary review

Article 6 Is Video Game Addiction really an Addiction?

Article 7 Video Game Addictive Symptom Level, Use Intensity, and Hedonic Experience: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study

Article 3 Video game loot boxes are linked to problem gambling: Results of a large-scale survey

Article 8 Dual Diagnosis in Adolescents with Problematic Use of Video Games: Beyond Substances

Article 4 Prevalence and Predictors of Video Game Addiction: A Study Based on a National Representative Sample of Gamers

Article 9 Prevalence and predictors of video game addiction: A study based on a national representative sample of gamers

Article 4 THE NEW SLOT MACHINE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHY THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LEARN TO STOP LOVING THE LOOT BOX

Article 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Video Games: Restricted Interests or Addiction?

Article 11 Predicting Video Game Addiction Through the Dimensions of Consumer Video Game Engagement: Quantitative and Cross-sectional Study

Article 12 An investigation into the frequency of addiction to video games in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Article 13 What matters is when you play: Investigating the relationship between online video games addiction and time spent playing over specific day phases

Article 5 THE HUNT FOR LOOT: PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY REGULATE ADDICTIVE GAMBLING MECHANICS IN VIDEO GAMES

Article 14 From Immersion to Addiction in Videogames

Article 15 Symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder, Inattention, and Impulsivity: a Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in the United Arab Emirates

Article 6 Ethical and legal dimensions of microtransactions in video games

Article 5 Problematic Video Game Use: Estimated Prevalence and Associations with Mental and Physical Health

Article 16 Problematic Video Game Use: Estimated Prevalence and Associations with Mental and Physical Health