Diablo Immortal and Video Game Loot

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Kirk Hamilton, Society & Culture, Video Games, Jason Schreier, Maddy Myers, Arts, Technology

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Maddy, Kirk, and Jason are playing Blizzard's new game Diablo Immortal and wondering... what about this is fun? Is it really all that appealing to keep collecting shiny things and watching our bars go up? From there they start wondering about loot in video games. What is it about items that get players so excited? What makes a good loot system? A bad one? And is Diablo inherently corrupt?

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0:00.0	Loot leveling up, experience points, ability unlocks, it's easy to see all of those things
0:08.9	as fundamental aspects of video games, but isn't that really true?
0:13.0	Welcome to Triple Click where we bring the games to you.
0:15.4	This week we're talking about Diablo and Mortal, and more specifically the questions it
0:18.7	raises about loot, and the many ways games manipulate us into playing just a little bit
0:23.0	more.
0:24.0	One more level and we can finally stop, let's get to it.
0:30.4	I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:31.4	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:32.4	And I'm Jason Dreyer.
0:33.8	Hello.
0:34.8	Hey.
0:35.8	Hello.
0:36.8	Hey, you guys.
0:37.8	Hey, everybody, it's us.
0:38.8	Hey.
0:39.8	It's Triple Click.
0:40.8	But in our way, through some video games, although the video game we're going to talk
0:45.4	about today, you actually have to tap your way through it.
0:47.7	You don't even get to click.
0:48.7	You don't get to click.
0:49.7	That's true.
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