Ptsf
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- Comment on Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers' 2 weeks ago:
Allegedly.
- Comment on Larian have two new games in the works, "fueled by the very same fire" as Baldur's Gate 3 2 months ago:
Your original comment does not align with this correction, so I think it’s important to take my view with that context in mind. I cannot read your mind, only what you write, and so yes I do hold you accountable for a crass statement and as far as supporting a company I do believe that’s the root of the problem, companies should not be supported, the people who make up the company should. As far as trusting your intelligence, I do, but I think Agent K said it best years ago. “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.”. You may believe yourself immune to manipulations; but life will quickly disprove that assumption if you pay attention long enough. We’re all human.
- Comment on Larian have two new games in the works, "fueled by the very same fire" as Baldur's Gate 3 2 months ago:
Blizzard at one point in time walked the walk, but aside from just pointing that out I’d like to point out that what was said is that they’d buy anything the company released. That’s an uninformed choice based on toxic brand loyalty. We need not be so crass and careless when engaging with any company. All you’re doing when you do that is opening up yourself to the possibility of being financially exploited when it eventually happens. It may not, and I hope not (especially for Larian. I do adore the work they’ve put into one of my top 5 all time favorite games), but that has historically not been the case and when all these companies make decisions based on quarter to quarter revenue I’d wish you the best of luck spinning down the “hype machine” should they change the standards they previously held themselves to. Imo it’s just a recipe for disaster. You’re much better off spending your fan energy following the people that make up the companies you love.
- Comment on Larian have two new games in the works, "fueled by the very same fire" as Baldur's Gate 3 2 months ago:
That’s not a good stance to have. They’ve earned plenty of trust and love, but so had big names like Blizzard at one point in time. Brand loyalty is toxic to consumer culture.
- Comment on Roblox Studio head: 'you can say, okay, we are exploiting child labour'... 2 months ago:
Capitalism working as intended. He just said the quiet part out loud.
- Comment on Paramount, Citing Experiment During Strikes, to Cut Costs Per Title For Films, Series 3 months ago:
"They haven’t noticed we’re grifting them. Time to crank up the heat. " - Bob Bakish probably