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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teenager does this sometimes, only through a Steam account. We get the cards for him and he pays us back. At most, it is around $50/year.

My younger kids have also done this through the playstation for things like the Fortnight nfl skins (not sure what that means but all of the 10 to 12 year old boys were getting them).  I don't know if that is what you are talking about though. The way they and my husband describe it, this is more like buying an upgrade patch for a game.[/quote]

If you want to dig deeper on kids and video game addictions,  you need to look into why video game manufactures do not allow kids to pause or leave their online games without getting banned by the servers.  As a mom, that is one of the biggest issues with online gaming and one of the main things that contribute to the younger kids getting stuck in an addiction mode.  They feel that they will suffer a real consequence for stopping the game.[/quote]

No. It that they release things in an "agile" model, meaning new things are released on a regular basis. If a new "map" is released on Monday and you only play on the weekend, you don't play on it for a few days everybody already knows it when you play and you get killed. [/quote]

Ah, okay.  That is what my teenager does occassionally through steam.[/quote]

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