Bring back video games where the developers make them to be fun and players play them to have fun.
Too many developers are in it for profit and too many players demand optimal competitive play.
Sometimes I don’t want to conform to the min/max meta, Jason.
it sounds like you’re sleeping on indie games. I haven’t cared about AAA games in years bc of the things you mentioned, but there’s thousands of amazing and super high quality indie games out there that are made as passion projects from devs who just want people to have fun. the barrier to entry for becoming a game dev has been steadily lowering since the 80’s, almost anyone can make a game now so there’s really no reason to rely on giant game corporations as your only source
I legitimately think they just mean publishers and board shareholders. Most (read most, there are also plenty of devs with retard level hot takes on twitter about their constituents, and their clear jealousy of a better product) devs hate the features they have to implement.
This isn’t about somebody “trying to eat”. Devs are being paid by the publishers either way (until they get fired of course). Monetisation and “games as a live service” are implemented to increase profit for shareholders. Gamepublishing is already the largest entertainment industry, so this is just about adding more profits to already extreme profits.
Totally agree but in many cases it’s actually the publishers, not the developers. That’s my understanding at least.
It was very explicitly and obviously intentional, and began in the mid to late 19th century.
Yep. I know people love to idolize FDR, but the way he got the New Deal passed was with the argument that it was the “bare minimum we have to do to ensure that socialism doesn’t take root in the US for at least another 70 years.” Which is why the politicians started trying to revoke those promises the day after it passed.
Fear of communism has fucked up the US in so many ways. Before the 80s, it was McCarthyism and putting “In God We Trust” on our money.
If only Stalin were in charge. That guy would have actually built a wall instead of this pussy ass Trump shit. Comrade.
Wolfenstein The New Order: Nice! Killing knot-zees like it’s 1992!!
Wolfenstein II The New Collosus: what is this woke anti American shit/why can’t we play as the real “good” guys
Gee. Somewhere between the release of these two games public opinion changed. The first came out in 2014, btw. The second’s ad campaign had “Make America Nazi Free Again” as a slogan, something that id thought we’d all agree. Nazis were in that safe group of “enemies we can slaughter without guilt” alongside aliens, zombies and robots.
I got banned from reddit for saying: Wolfenstein The New Order is one of if not the best game of all time, the only good nazi is a dead nazi. GET HYPED!
I mean, I’m happy they had an implosion, but it should have been because of the nazi sympathy, not because of their api.
The second’s ad campaign had “Make America Nazi Free Again” as a slogan
Gee, that wouldn’t happen to be a poke at a particular presidential campaign?
I would love old school arcades. I feel like, most people today just don’t know what a wonderful place they used to be.
No stupid toys to win. No tickets. No tokens or any virtual currency.
Most games were a quarter with some of the larger ones being two quarters. You just hung out, played games, met new people, got to experience a wide range of games from shooters, side scroller fighters, sports, etc.
It was truly magical. Was one of the best things at the mall.
Yeah, the games would allow you to continue from where you died for another quarter, as long as you got it in fast enough
Remember the panic you felt as you tried fishing around for a quarter while watching the timer count down?
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans did an Obama Hitler image mash up to discourage liberals from voting for him.
https://www.npr.org/2010/07/14/128514851/obama-hitler-billboard-covered-up-in-iowa
Legit “Obama Hitler ad” on Google.
