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current-action: .replace("mimic", "loot box")'
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current-date: March 25, 2022
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- Foreword
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- img: fortnite_loot.jpg
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alt: Foreword
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- "In RPG games the Mimic is a monster that appears as a treasure chest."
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- "When a player tries to interact with it in order to get the contents of the chest it reveals its true nature and attacks her."
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- "The name of the Mimic come from its act of mimesis: this creature is like a predator that disguises itself in order to sneak up on its prey."
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- "What's more is that this damage is inflicted in the real world not to the player but to the person."
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- "What's then the difference between a loot box and a Mimic?"
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- The murderous history of loot boxes
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- img: ff5e47f638f43dc989a56764a2b307a1.png
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alt: The murderous history of loot boxes
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- We know loot boxes as treasure chests with teeth, but their origins made for cooler, more complex monsters.
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- "Sometimes it’s obvious. Would there really be a treasure chest in the middle of such an unremarkable room, just begging you to open it?"
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