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May 11, 2014 · Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas reads like a combination of Scientific American's number puzzles and the 'blue Book' of Alcoholics Anonymous."---Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times " Addiction by Design is a nonfiction page-turner. A richly detailed account of the particulars of video gaming addiction, worth reading for the ...
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May 11, 2014 · Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll shows how the mechanical rhythm of ...
ADDICTION BY DESIGN: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas – Natasha Dow Schüll. Slot machines, revamped by evermore compelling digital and video technology, have unseated traditional casino games as the gambling industry’s revenue mainstay. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll explores the ...
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- Natasha Dow Schüll
Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schüll shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the "machine zone," in which daily worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away.
May 1, 2014 · Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las VegasMay 2014. Author: Natasha Dow Schll. Publisher: Princeton University Press. 41 William St. Princeton, NJ. United States. ISBN: 978-0-691-16088-7.
May 11, 2014 · In continuous machine play, gamblers seek to lose themselves while the gambling industry seeks profit. Schüll describes the strategic calculations behind game algorithms and machine ergonomics, casino architecture and "ambience management," player tracking and cash access systems--all designed to meet the market's desire for maximum "time on ...
