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what-is-a-loot-box/contents.md

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     - A closed box with objects inside.
     - A digital or physical box.
     - A virtual box inside video games containing randomized items.
-    - A virtual box of hidden motives, designed to persuade and trick players.
+    - |-
-    - A virtual box where the user can pay and access products. Those items can be useful to develop your character in the game or can be collectable.
+        A virtual box of hidden
+        motives, designed
+        to persuade and
+        trick players.
+    - |-
+        A virtual box where
+        the user can pay and
+        access products. Those
+        items can be useful to
+        develop you character 
+        in the game or can
+        be collectable.
     - A lottery box.
-
+    - |-
-    - It looks like a real gift, but you purchase it for yourself.
+        It looks like a real gift,
+        but you purchase it
+        for yourself.
     - You choose it.
     - You get something nice.
 
-    - A box embedded in a context.
+    - |-
+        A box embedded in
+        a context.
     - It works within the context of a game.
     - It works outside the context of a game.
     - When the game gets tough, the loot box offers you a shortcut.
@@ -40,14 +55,26 @@ contents:
     - Surprise mechanism
     - The element of surprise is a highly appreciated aspect of the loot box.
     - A secret treasure that is not worth the money you pay for it, nor the expectations you have for it. However, that is somehow exciting.
-    - "Addictiveness is connected to the surprise mechanism: the moment of anticipation is addictive. It makes you feel that anything is possible."
+    - |-
+        Addictiveness is
+        connected to the
+        surprise mechanism: the
+        moment of anticipation
+        is addictive. It makes
+        you feel that anything
+        is possible.
     - "It's like the cat in the box: is she dead or is she alive? She is both until you open the box."
-
     - Surprise
     - An entertaining element.
-    - It keeps the players hooked to the game by using an element of surprise.
+    - |-
+        It keeps the players
+        hooked to the game by
+        using an element
+        of surprise.
     - The player never knows what is inside of it.
-    - Surprise that comes with consequences.
+    - |-
+        Surprise that comes
+        with consequences.
 
     - Reward
     - An immediate reward.
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     - It interfaces the game and the real world.
     - "It’s an alternate reality experience of collecting things you can't own in real life."
-    - It’s a pulse in the circulation of resources between a virtual game and the reality outside of it.
+    - |-
+        It’s a pulse in the
+        circulation of resources
+        between a virtual game
+        and the reality outside
+        of it.
 
     - Loot box as currency exchange
     - The game coin.
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     - It puts you in a condition for purchasing without thinking too much.
     - Its timespan is similar to the discount periods or Black Friday.
     - Looking under the hood.
-    - A trigger for addictive behaviour.
+    - |-
-    - A gambling mechanism, exploitative by design, that promises immediate in-game rewards to the player.
+        A trigger for 
-    - The rewards of the loot box can affect both the gameplay and the social environment around the game.
+        addictive behaviour.
-    - It sets the beat for repeated microtransactions.
+    - |-
-    - "It's a repetitive rhythm for the player's temporality."
+        A gambling mechanism,
+        exploitative by design,
+        that promises immediate
+        in-game rewards to
+        the player.
+    - |-
+        The rewards of the loot
+        box can affect both the
+        gameplay and the social
+        environment around
+        the game.
+    - |-
+        It sets the beat
+        for repeated
+        microtransactions.
+    - |-
+        It's a repetitive
+        rhythm for the
+        player's temporality.
     - It builds a habit by triggering the attention and the emotional response of the player.
     - "It's fun."
-    - It ensures that you keep playing potentially forever.
+    - |-
+        It ensures that you
+        keep playing
+        potentially forever.
     - From habit to addiction.
     - You pay money to obtain something new.
     - Risk.
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     - Destiny.
 
     - It hacks the temporality of a game.
-    - It allows you to customize your game character.
+    - |-
+        It allows you
+        to customize your
+        game character.
     - It shifts the dynamics in the game.
-    - It provides you with collectables or power-ups that make you progress inside the game.
+    - |-
-    - A temporalized tool for the distribution and management of resources.
+        It provides you with
-
+        collectables or power-
+        ups that make you
+        progress inside
+        the game.
+    - |-
+        A temporalized tool
+        for the distribution
+        and management
+        of resources.
     - Exploitation
     - The potentially endless collection creates artificial needs.
     - Exploitative fun.
     - The benefits for you are emotional. The benefits for the game platforms are financial.
     - "A money-making mechanism that uses real-world money in video games' worlds."
 
-    - It targets vulnerable players.
+    - |-
-    - A trigger for addictive behaviour.
+        It targets
-    - A trigger for toxic behaviour.
+        vulnerable players.
+    - |-
+        A trigger for
+        addictive behaviour.
+    - |-
+        A trigger for
+        toxic behaviour.
     - An escape from real life.
     - Fake promises.
 
-    - FOMO (fear of missing out).
+    - |-
+        FOMO (fear of 
+        missing out).
     - The surprise mechanism and exclusivity of the loot box creates a constant FOMO.
     - Peer pressure.
     - Social pressure.