This list seems pretty ridiculous to me. What they call dark patterns mostly just seem to be various things that make games more fun. My personal definition of

This list seems pretty ridiculous to me. What they call dark patterns mostly just seem to be various things that make games more fun. My personal definition of dark patterns in games is basically anything that sacrifices fun, consistency of progression, consistency/believability of setting or suspension of disbelief in order to get people to pay more money. If you aren't sacrificing your vision to extract more money from consumers though, go nuts.