Hard times: It’s been two years since children could indulge in playing with their Hari Raya money like this lot in 2019. So let them indulge this year, says the writer. Filepic/The Star
A FATHER to a nine-year-old child has a strange kind of dilemma. The child is asking him to purchase some toys that are not very expensive, but the problem is they don’t exist. They’re tokens in a video game against which you can make in-game purchases. This particular game involves collecting little pet animals. The child can either play the game and collect the tokens “organically” over a long period of time, or pay money to buy the tokens and use them to buy exotic high-end “pets” like unicorns with a golden horn, or penguins with neon bellies.