Loot box questions brought up in UK parliament

Loot used to be such a nice word. It brought to mind coffers piled with doubloons. Today it is often followed by the word crate and an expression of disgust. After recent controversies over the inclusion of loot boxes in games like Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Star Wars: Battlefront 2, the issue of this psychologically iffy practice has been brought up in the UK parliament in the form of two written questions submitted by a Cambridge MP. In short, they ask the government: what do you plan to do about in-game gambling ?

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