# Dark Patterns (with Sam Liberty)

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Podcast: [Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517)
Published: 2026-05-28T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://nicegames.club/episode/434
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Your nice hosts have talked a lot over the years about exploitative game design, and this week we brought in an expert on gamification to lay out some of the dark patterns in games that take players' money and time via deceptive framing and UX. https://samliberty.com Sam Liberty - Medium Sam Liberty - LinkedIn Dark Patterns Game Design Why “Addictive” Gameplay Should Never Be The Goal - Lydia Symchych , ELB Learning HEXAD Framework Addiction by Design - Natasha Dow Schüll Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything - BJ Fogg How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be - Katy Milkman How dating apps weaponized loneliness against their users - Sam Liberty

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