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A game where you just shop and wear your newly bought clothes... Now THAT'S what I call gaming. In this video I take a look at Spil's smash hit series, the Shopaholic games, exploring their context in the history of GirlsGoGames, playing each of the games in order, and then discussing the merits and drawbacks of this game formula.

Time stamps:
Intro: 0:00
Daily Games: 2:55
First releases (Shopaholic Paris - New York): 7:55
Middle era (Shopaholic Models - Milan): 15:39
Party gameplay era (Shopaholic Hollywood-Beach Models): 20:13
HTML5 Games (Shopaholic Wedding Models - Rio): 25:36
Shopaholic Apps: 29:19
Tutorial, How to Edit Save Data: 32:03
Copycats (or lack thereof): 34:34
Educational value and dark pattern analysis: 36:17
My dream Shopaholic game: 46:34
Credits: 50:20

Where to find Flashpoint save data: https://flashpointarchive.org/datahub/Save_Data_Locations
Flash save file editor: https://mariani.life/projects/minerva/

Li Speaks videos are made for an adult audience; this video contains some adult language.

Copyrighted materials in this video are used under the Fair Use provision for commentary, review, and education. GirlsGoGames and the Shopaholic series are property of Spil Games.

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