Video Game/App Reflection

  Another game I like to play besides What's the Phrase is a game called Trivie. Trivie is a trivia game. You can play against a friend or a random opponent. You can choose from different categories of questions or you can choose the random question category. In order to choose a specific question category you need coins. Once you choose a category you may also choose if you want any power ups. However, the power ups also require you to use coins.

  This game is fun and I always feel like I learn a lot but unfortunately it's so easy to lose your coins. You have to use them for almost everything.

  If you would like, you can always purchase coins though.
750 coins = $1.99
1,200 coins = $2.99
2,100 coins = $4.99
4,500 coins = $9.99
15,000 coins = $29.99 (advertised as their best value)

  The game is always reminding you to upgrade or purchase coins...

  Whenever I see this while I'm playing it's easy to think of the lecture on MMORPG's, or massive multiplayer online role playing games.

  In that lecture we talked about World of Warcraft and how it has evolved into something huge. You can make a living farming gold, it has its own economy, and you can sell your character (Computer Mediated Comm lecture, 2013). World of Warcraft makes over 100 million a year! 

  Although Trivie probably doesn't make as much as World of Warcraft, it intrigues me to think that people actually pay for more coins because they like the game that much, and play all the time.