He's fat so he won't live to see it though. With a bit of luck, neither will Jim Sterling.
This is the sidescrollers dude right? He's one of the most disgusting looking individuals I've ever seen. Dude looks like he bleeds vaseline.And, speaking of grifting:
The big question is, "How long will Larry Fink fund propaganda that is so off-putting that people will go out of their way to avoid it?" It's not entirely about immediate profits, it's more big picture than that. Investing money now to rewrite society seems like a good idea to these people, even if it loses a little money at first. However, propaganda only works if people see it. If you make a game that tanks and no one plays it, your propaganda also doesn't reach the people it's supposed to. At that point, maybe Larry thinks he should pivot to some other investment, and that particular pool of low interest ESG based loans will dry up.
In a way I think Larry Fink et al are the real suckers here. Suppose SBI et al both injected his politics and were good at making games, or at least didn't ruin them? His billions bought hack grifters, but surely a talented team could make a game that is both fun and has a political message?
That's clever. Just sell air to people. Reminds me of City Slickers (1991)
"...we have to start creating a parallel economy."
that's all part of the current cycle. just like you remember it now there's a good chance it will be included when the history books will be rewritten in the future to further the opposite side. the irony is by going out of their way to appear on the right side of history more and more, at the same time this becomes more and more relevant history.It absolutely works, when you have control of the history books. It will be memory-holed, and the narrative will be that the damn dirty Chuds were defeated through heckin' valid diversity and Democracy.
You hear all about MLK, the Freedom Riders, the OG Summer of Love, etc. Never about the Watts riots, the child prostitution bust that prompted the Stonewall riots, the 1968 DNC, the Days of Rage, or the Weather Underground bombings.
Liberals do not inform, persuade, or convince. They humiliate, ostracize, and silence. And like the Islamic doctrine of taqiyya, their belief that they are on the Right Side of History
The prototype of this stuff was the anti-drug PSAs that were inserted into entertainment back during the Clinton administration. It went something like, "You have to run a certain amount of anti-drug public service announcements as commercials, but if you make the TV show episode about the anti-drug stuff, you can use the commercial slots for profit making commercials."
The logical course of action would be to support indie games and support right-wing or centrist developers whenever they appear. That probably wouldn't be as upfront in its profitability though.
Black people referring to themselves as "black" anything would have tipped me off immediately. Most likely why Alyssa even allowed herself to be interviewed by them.
Not necessarily. Remember, most of the developers of Fallout: New Vegas were liberal left-wingers.
I don't know if I'd call them liberal left-wingers as much as I'd call them classical liberals. Definitely not right-wing, but certainly less left-wing than current devs.
I wouldn't even go that far. The way people approached politics before 2015 was far more lenient and thoughtful. You saw inklings of really unhinged politics eeking their way into the zeitgeist with things like Michael Moore winning an Oscar and using the stage to blast George Bush in 2002 but for the most part, most people kept to themselves. Then, about 2015, things suddenly went from 0 to 100. Everyone went out of their minds.
I believe it cause of gamergate and how people took it too serious on both sides
That's a nonpartisan way to look at it but 2010 well be a world away now. If the political environment of today was similar to back then there is a good chance this discussion wouldn't even be taking place. Today,the left-leaning influence in the gaming industry is clear, an agenda is being advanced for political purposes and often people who voice dissent regardless of their ideological views are ostracized and attacked. Perhaps the most egregious of companies in all of this will go bankrupt due to bad decision making but at the same time it doesn't seem like a situation will that resolve itself or get any better anytime soon in the grand scheme of things.
Speaking of megaman and capcom, i recommend that reading a Capcom mega leak Thread we had a couple of years ago.
There's a lot more going on in the world than GamerGate. GamerGate was just a microcosm for stuff on a wider scale. It is never ever one thing. It's several things all happening all at once.
I'm generally right-leaning but I also distrust any rhetoric that is deliberately geared to get me to hate my neighbors, no matter what party they support.
This is correct. They refer to themselves as "consultants" but they are really nothing more than professional shitposters. It is deliberate provocation designed for maximum impact with minimal effort. Professional Harassment Group is probably the best descriptor.
Bro, I would TOTALLY fall for a GG2.0 crypto scam!
