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The Machine Zone: This Is Where You Go When You Just Can't Stop Looking at Pictures on Facebook

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Schüll spent more than a decade going to Las Vegas and talking with gamblers and casino operators about slot machines, which have exploded in profitability during the digital era as game designers have optimized them to keep people playing.

What she discovered is that most people playing the machines aren't there to make money. They know they're not going to hit the jackpot and go home. As Roman Mars put it in a recent episode of his awesome podcast, 99% Invisible, on Schüll's research: "It's not about winning; it's about getting into the zone."

I think I never get in the zone fortunately. Those people are looney.

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Those people are looney.

Man that is what they said about those people who watched ping pong on a tv-screen or some sort of yellow character going along swallowing asterisks. Utterly looney,,, but you could make 4x bartender's wages going around placing the machines in bars to soak up the looney's quarters. And since females were the most looney about that pacman thingamajig they stayed in bars longer which sure made bars more profitable anyway.

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And since females were the most looney about that pacman thingamajig they stayed in bars longer which sure made bars more profitable anyway.

Areyou talking about the video game Pac-man like in arcades? (BTW MRS Pac-man is more popular i believe) If so why do you say females were the most loony about the game? Yes it seemed to be more popular with girls over other Video games, games such as Tron. but I think that its far more popular with guys as a hole. Perhaps you have some source online that back this up or is it just an opinion?

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And since females were the most looney about that pacman thingamajig they stayed in bars longer which sure made bars more profitable anyway.

Areyou talking about the video game Pac-man like in arcades? (BTW MRS Pac-man is more popular i believe) If so why do you say females were the most loony about the game? Yes it seemed to be more popular with girls over other Video games, games such as Tron. but I think that its far more popular with guys as a hole. Perhaps you have some source online that back this up or is it just an opinion?