Lindsay Lohan's Make It Rain: The Price Of Fame

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Okay, so maybe celebrities are a bit junky when it comes to outside stardom ventures, but who would’ve guess that Lindsay Lohan will be joining those ranks? Recently, the famous controversial actress released a gaming app called The Price of Fame which is somehow mocking Kim Kardasian: Hollywood. In this game, you simply need to swipe as fast as you can to gain more fans and coins. These fans and coins can be used as in-game money to buy stuff that could improve your ability to get more fans. Unlike Kim’s game, Lindsay’s The Price of Fame mechanics is pretty simple. Just swipe like there’ no tomorrow and you’ll get everything. The game was originally based on the game developer, Andy Ross’s, Make it Rain: The Love of Money which also runs on swiping mechanics. …show more content…

He wasn’t even that sure on which celebrity could perfectly portray the game. Then suddenly, he thought of Lindsay Lohan. According to TechCrunch, Ross wanted Lohan to embody the game because he thinks “she said a few things on the press” that easily gained attention. And with that, Lindsay Lohan’s game was born. Celebrity-based games are slowly becoming hits in consumers’ perspective. This is because: • Their popularity is a given leverage – Celebrities will always have an upper-hand when it comes to apps. Just sneak in their name on your app and you can expect a lot of buzz in an instant. • The more controversial, the better – There are a lot of celebrity app that were already released on the App Store, Google Play or the Amazon. But what makes others more popular than the rest is that the names that are incorporated on the apps are more

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