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sadfitzy, do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

I’m interested to see the fan response to this.

jjjalljs,

I feel like the average video game player has really poor media and political literacy, but maybe it’s just the ones who make noise online who fit that profile.

rafoix,

Sport games sell very well every year and have tons of predatory monetization. The target audience is not very discerning.

utopiah, do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

“read the runes” … people need to stopping believing that money is money. Money is money AND strings attached. It’s totally different to get 1 EUR from a friend vs 1 EUR from a brank vs 1 EUR from VC vs 1 EUR of public subsidies. Money NEVER comes without string so one must be cautious they are not getting a noose around their neck while signing a contract.

PS: IMHO NLNet is an example of “good” money. Other examples welcomed. In software in the game “industry” specifically I don’t know where one can find non “bad” money so please if you have examples, do share.

yakko,

Bad money chases out good, they say.

utopiah,

Fascinating, digging into en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham's_law then, thanks for bringing that up!

yakko,

I thought I might be playing it loose applying it to the case of private equity in the creative arts, but it feels right

yermaw, do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

I really cant wait for this generation of kids to grow up and start dealing with bills and shit. The moment they learn the true value of money this whole trend of buying lootboxes and packing players will die on its arse so fast.

I just hope theres some fly on the wall footage of the boards faces when they realise.

viking,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

You think? That generation will have kids who buy the same crap and won’t listen to their parents, just like the kids now don’t listen.

yermaw,

Im hoping so. We don’t have the receipts to show them. Were just grandpa’s who yearn for the good old days and we just dont get it.

Akrenion,

I know adults who boost their ego with lootboxes. Beating the peasants by spending money that others use for groceries is how they feel superior.

Joeffect,

Yeah no… the fucked thing is they don’t care … everything is fucked… spending a bit of money on cheap plastic brings you a little bit of joy… why worry about money if you don’t even have much? You can’t get ahead so at least you can be happy… thats where we are…

ShaggySnacks,

Gotta keep the bread and circuses going.

ExLisper,

You don’t grow out of an addiction.

mohaas,

They’ll just graduate to sports gambling.

jjjalljs,

I know plenty of adults who are really bad at money and paying bills.

Tm12,

You rang?

dubyakay,

They will just become packers at Amazon.

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

Unfortunately they don’t grow out of it. I have a friend who still spends upwards of hundreds of dollars on games, especially Gacha games. It’s an addiction that i worry won’t be stopped

Jumi, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

I’ve been boycotting them since before Battlefront 3 and I’m not stopping now

KingThrillgore, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

The thing is EA is supposedly one of the most stable and most high-benefit positions in the industry.

Well thats about to change

drspawndisaster, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

Yeah we know

kadaverin0, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

Good news, everyone! EA are still going to be profiteering shitbags who nickle and dime customers with season passes and loot boxes for content that already exists in the code.

W3dd1e, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

So EA had poor values before and will continue to have poor values in the future. Got it.

Tronn4, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm

Values: money grab

stefenauris, do gaming w The gamers have done it again, this time building a functional ChatGPT in Minecraft—but before you get too excited, it takes literally hours to provide a response

Okay even though it’s AI I love seeing what creative things people can do with minimal resources

Quexotic,

And the cynic in the back of my head is saying “oh, just you wait! You’ll love what’s next!” while another finger curls on the monkey’s paw.

HubertManne, do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

how can football be in and gay stuff out? unless you mean european, like soccer.

M0oP0o,
@M0oP0o@mander.xyz avatar

Naw, still too gay. Its gotta be nothing but scenes from top gun from now on.

https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/9310f534-92ed-4ad6-8ae5-359d26beb8d2.gifhttps://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/afade140-4fe8-47cd-bda3-f3a0184dd0ba.gif

ShaggySnacks,

For the first gif when Tom Cruise throws the football back and the people behind him fall back.

That’s when next song and dance starts. Top Gun is a musical right?

M0oP0o,
@M0oP0o@mander.xyz avatar

Ha, Somehow no.

Kolanaki, do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

Maybe BioWare can make a game featuring guns that shoot footballs…

Fizz, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

Thats not a good sign. I’m choosing to take that as EAs values were already so bad that nothing is going to change after being taken over by a trump Saudi investment firm.

mic_check_one_two,

I’m choosing to read it as “we only bought it to get kernel-level access to millions of computers. Don’t worry about why we want that.”

captain_aggravated, do games w EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

You know, I didn’t doubt that for a single second.

Stalinwolf, do games w Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop
@Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca avatar

Guns and football seem pretty gay to me…

wetbeardhairs,

I’m a MAN. I’m a MAN who likes to watch MEN play with OTHER MEN. I especially like it when those MEN TOUCH EACH OTHER. It makes me cheer! Sometimes they have to RAM THEIR HOT SWEATY BODIES INTO ONE ANOTHER. Yeah I love that!

NotASharkInAManSuit,

I like it when they get rough with each other. So masculine.

Justas,
@Justas@sh.itjust.works avatar

Wait, is that why I don’t care about sports? Because I’m too straight?

wetbeardhairs,

I have it on good authority that if you go blow your bros that you’ll start to care about balls

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