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- noun video games A
demonstration mode intended toattract potentialplayers to anarcade game .
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john commented on the word attract mode
"The ringing, squawking, flashing screens that pitch such a fit as you walk by actually have a name. They're called "attract mode," and their sole purpose is to make you stop and drop the first of many quarters into their slots."
Salon's Machinist, Why is Facebook so addictive?, by Denise Caruso, August 7, 2008
August 8, 2008
reesetee commented on the word attract mode
John, why are your excerpted article posts so addictive? ;-)
August 8, 2008
john commented on the word attract mode
Their sole purpose is to target the subset of weirdos who, when they walk by plain text on an otherwise blank screen, actually have to stop and read it :-)
August 8, 2008
reesetee commented on the word attract mode
Oh. Busted. :-D
August 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word attract mode
*gulp*
August 9, 2008