pulido @ pulido @lemmings.world Posts 5Comments 232Joined 3 wk. ago
The Metal Gear Solid games are some of my favorites, and I’ve played all of them.
Then you should be able to recognize the monumental difference on both an individual and group level that goes into making a game like Metal Gear Solid vs. the games you mentioned. You should also be able to recognize the difference in quality between a game like Metal Gear Solid and all of the games you mentioned.
If you’re referring to the PS1 Crash Bandicoot games, those were made with similar team sizes and “levels of effort” as most games that would be called “indie” are today
Yeah, you're clueless.
Lol. You think 'blue prince' took as much effort to make as Crash Fucking Bandicoot or Metal Gear Solid and I'm the one who is ignorant about great games and how they're made?
I'm guessing you never even played those games so you have no point of reference. You should try emulating them, then you can experience what it's like to play great games completely free of charge. Heck, you might even raise your standards as a result going forward.
You’re not accepting more expensive entertainment either. You’re pirating it.
Buying it is unrelated to accepting it.
None of these games were made with less effort; they’re typically just made by fewer people.
I respectfully disagree.
I think I see why you’ve got this perspective that’s completely divorced from reality.
Lol, what? I think you're just getting upset at me because I don't like the low-effort games you enjoy.
Yes, most games have microtransactions if you completely disregard most games.
Right, and most of the games that interest you don't interest me.
I’d encourage you to give some of those games you’re ignoring a try.
I'm good. You're using me to try and justify your own enjoyment of what you spent your money on. It's fine if you like things that I don't like and vice-versa.
Most people can't think for themselves, child or not, and are just doing whatever they think will make them look good in front of their peers.
Hopefully I don't have to write on essay on how the people who stand to profit from sowing this divide manipulate us into thinking we value things that we really shouldn't.
I don't like the trend of having to accept cheaper entertainment just so that the businesses behind it can make more money with less effort.
Games like God of War, Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Zelda, those all take monumentally more effort to make than indie games and it shows in the final results. I could get all philosophical on 'what makes good art,' but I don't think that's the discussion you're trying to have.
No. I'm saying a good deal of the people choosing to do this have actually had that decision made for them without realizing it.
Thanks for sharing this. I decided to do a bit of my own research and came across some interesting information.
Your source: https://epicforamerica.org/social-programs/here-is-what-food-stamp-recipients-buy/
I'm not sure what 'epicforamerica' is, but it sounds like a propaganda outlet. They claim their source is the USDA, and the PDF they provided has a weird link to it: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/ops/SNAPFoodsTypicallyPurchased.pdf
It says it's from 2016, which could be true but I can't find it with a quick search.
What I did find though was this official USDA website with a similar study from 2011: https://www.fns.usda.gov/research/snap/foods-typically-purchased-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap-households
Here are charts from the primary sources, the official USDA 2011 then the 2016 study 'epicforamerica' linked to:
Sweetened beverages actually comes out at #2 in 'total expenditures' when meat is grouped into a single category. 'Epicforamerica' decided to split them up for their own reasons.
Both charts show that soda expenditures are ~9.3% of what EBT users spend their food stamps on. That's pretty reasonable if you ask me, and I think it owes more to the fact that a 2-liter of Coke is $2.74 at Walmart than anything else. That means if one person buys a 2-liter of Coke as part of a $27 grocery bill, then that's immediately over the average amount.
Prepared desserts is at 7%, salty snacks at 3.4%, and candy at 2%.
So all in all, we're looking at a little under 25% of expenditures being spent on junk food. That's also reasonable to me. Soda is so high is because it's actually just a scam. I'd be in favor of restricting food stamp recipients to only buying generic brands of soda, but that's about it.
Heck, I'd be in favor of forcing most brands to sell their food at a lower price to food stamp recipients. The main reason they don't have enough is because others have too much.
Also, it looks like 'epicforamerica' successfully manipulated you into thinking a certain way by withholding, distorting, or just straight up lying about information.
Vegetables and fruits are missing from the most altogether
Vegetables are actually #3 in expenditures, and fruits are #8.
A lot of people join the military just because they want to kill people.
Don't destroy wealth.
Reclaim it.
Since crapitalism infests every facet of our existence, we have no shortage of opportunities to fight back against it.
What games do you recommend that don't have DLC or microtransactions?
Oh, if you're going to ignore the problem that is DLC then we're just going to have to agree to disagree.
I wait until games are finished before pirating them. There are plenty of good games these days now, but almost all of them have microtransactions and/or DLC.
I'm not particularly interested in most indie titles, which is where a lot of the disconnect comes between me and the average PC gamer.
You're actually referring to progressives, but they have to say they're democrats to get elected.
Such a stupid system.
Let him fry.
Fuck this shit.
Nobody cares about how many dolls kids are getting.
Why did they want to do this, though?
We probably have different tastes and standards for our entertainment.
Just about every game released in at least the past 10 years that interests me has some form of microtransactions or DLC.
I know. I'm trying to see things for what they are and acknowledge that a lot of people will end up joining ICE because of their conditioning by the ruling class to chase ghosts.
"It's not the people getting rich off of exploiting me for why my life sucks, it's those damned immigrants!"