In the free-to-play computer game industry, they have a few tricks for extracting money from their customers. Free to play games are ones where it’s free to download the game and give it a go, but the player needs to pay extra to get the best experience. The business model has taken over the gaming industry, because it allows companies to extract the maximum amount of money from their most fervent customers.   Anyway, one of the tricks is to use a virtual currency for in-game purchases. The currency, the gamebucks, are used within the game to buy stuff.  The…

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