i suppose it shouldn’t be surprising but these comments sure are proving the articles point. i guess blaming the people being oppressed is a lot easier than blaming or even actually acknowledging the systemic oppression when you’re a brickheaded fascist, especially when you’re unaffected by/benefiting from it

i remember pointing out that this would happen in a couple places and ppl said i was just being negative. like a live service skate game is a dead in the water idea but ppl were so starved for skate content they just didn’t listen to sense. look where they are now

piracy is always justified

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Jeff Bezos is a named investor of Slate, so i wouldn’t trust it

the way games are going now is the way games have BEEN going. capitalism’s only purpose is infinite growth at any and all expense. this is what that looks like for gaming, bigger bigger bigger while bandaging it up with TAA and framegen and DLSS. when this house of cards tumbles, i know i will capitalise on it by not investing in the same mistakes again. but, i can only really hope that others do the same.

as an ace person we need less romance in games period. or at least the fucking ability to opt out, it’s always gooner shit anyway

given the history of video games, and video game censorship, i know this has a low likelihood of coming to fruition. however, i would adore a game where i massacre a bunch of capitalists like ultrakill

all white people have to do is say “sorry i guess” and they instantly get equipped with iron clad armour that prevents any further discussion of their bigoted harm and the kind of generational harm they’ve contributed to. try telling the black kids who had to grow up during his peak that he’s apologised. it’s not gonna change anything

in that article (which i had to use the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension to comfortably read) Proton states “we do not comply with US subpoenas from either party.” which of course is because they comply fully with Swiss subpoenas LOL

companies like Sony literally created the economic conditions that make this disgusting tactic unsurprising to see btw.

the amount of problems i don’t have to deal with because i simply don’t use GenAI

not at all surprising, we’re talking about a company that almostly solely hires white cis men and refuses to tackle that