PBPunchMillions of Borderlands 3 Players Are Now Collectively Listed as Contributors to a Peer Reviewed Scientific Paper
Ensign_Crabgut bacteria
Something something poop train.
ivanafterallSomething something Craptrap.
This game was so badly optimized that it won’t run on PlayStation 4. I downloaded it and installed it multiple times, it crashes constantly
Imagine if they did this for a good Borderlands game like 3, we could’ve discovered immortality.
Borderlands 3 is pretty fun though.
I got it for free and requested a refund.
Time to update my CV
Congrats on your first peer-reviewed scientific paper!
Forget the results. This seems underhanded and manipulative.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s kind of cool…actually really cool. But the fact that it was essentially an experiment exploiting gamers without their knowledge sucks.
Let’s change it to gamers solving mini games to generate cryptocurrency for T2. Feels a bit more exploitive that way right? But we should feel proud because it was for the greater good? (Insert hot fuzz meme here)
Im pretty sure it was clearly stated that you are a part of a scientific paper when starting the Minigame.
Oh that’s a relief. The article didn’t say so, and given the climate these days I’m not ready to give benefit of the doubt. Thanks for reeling me in. 😉
It is. There were tons of articles too about the concept when it first came out since it was one of the first in a major AAA game. People were super into it as well.
LautaroIt has a video explaining the game and the goal. It was perfectly clear from the start that they were doing it, and it actually made me excited about it. I played the mini game more than I would have because of it