This week is going to be covering (and re-covering) a topic that should be talked about on occasion. It’s the psychology of current generation gacha games and recognizing patterns if you know what to look for. My boy Pseychie just released a video that talks about this very topic. It’s a good watch and I recommend my normies take a look at it as well, in case you needed more affirmation (or confirmation) not to play gacha games. I may like the poison, but you don’t have too.

Always remember the golden rule when it comes to degeneracy. What got you into the game in the first place, and why should you keep coming back? Developers can always tweak the mechanics of the game to their liking. But they can’t take away the “theme” of the game outside of retroactive censorship. More importantly, be happy with what you have than being frustrated with what you do not. I would imagine when you eat at a restaurant, you don’t order everything off the menu. You pick and choose what you want to have. It would be strange to assume you would be angry that you aren’t able to order the entire menu. And even if you couldn’t get a “limited” item being offered at the time, that doesn’t take away what you usually would order - if that makes sense.

I know a lot of folks still play Nikke out there, so I thought I would mention a rather nice Anis figure is in the works from Pineapple Studios. You can check out the figure above at a store called OrzGK, but keep in mind I’m not affiliated with them, and the figure can be purchased elsewhere if you like. Instead of giving your money to predatory gacha gaming companies, how about giving them to predatory figure resellers? At least you have something with you physically for the rest of your life, and a game’s end of service will never affect your waifu smiling back at you.

Closing off with artist of the week Nasaca. A still very active artist doing work for Nikke as well as used to do work for Destiny Child. If you like a lot of the waifus in either game, you probably then liked something Nasaca drew. You can visit his Pixiv page above but it’s a bit sparse due to him being active (his Artstation is livelier). Whenever artists have “live” contracts with companies, they’re discouraged from working on personal projects until the contract ends. In any case see you next week!