Why I bought stuff in the MetaVerse

A couple of years ago, my oldest son wanted virtual money to buy virtual products for his birthday. I grew up in a time of buying and playing with lego’s. I also grew up on the first gaming consoles. I could understand buying a video game, software. But the game my son was playing was a free game: Fortnite. And in this free to play game, you could buy virtual things: skins, weapons, dance moves, gliders. None of these things…