I’m often asked how one can continue enjoying videogames published by exploitative, harmful corporations. In truth, there is no “ethical” way to do it, not if you’re trying to avoid giving money to scumbags, but I’ll help you try to feel better about it!
Really though, a lot of the dilemma involved in buying a game from Ubisoft or Activision can be solved with one simple attribute – patience. Unless of course, you plan to do one thing I have no intention of condoning.
Unless Mulan is involved.
Turns out the real capitalism was the purchases we made along the way
What was said: “I’m truly sorry to everyone that was hurt.”
What was meant: “I’m truly that we got caught.”
“what’s with the belly shot?”
“the seedy under-belly”
ah, of course.
“I am a role model”
Every day I ask myself: What would Jim Sterling do in this situation?
Jim: You should wait to buy a game a week after release, at best.
Translation: Go play existing owned, fun games until the price of the triple ayyyyyy game drops under $10.
AAA Publishers like to say they’re at the cutting edge of innovation, but that’s often bullshit. Whatever game from a terrible company you want, there’s usually an alternative. For a few minor concessions, you can get a (usually) cheaper, more complete product that isn’t made by huge assholes. That’s what I do.
Diablo? Grim Dawn.
Overwatch? Paladins.
Hearthstone? Faeria.
These are my examples. For every AAA game, there’s an indie dev that made it first, or will make it but better.
“This is now the official Minerva Mink fan show”
Good.
Ubisoft: “our values”
Your values included protecting abusers.
This is exactly what I have been doing for years now. I have stopped buying EA, Activision-blizzard and Ubisoft games. The few games that look interesting, I have bought used.
Remember back in the 80s when cancel culture was called boycotts and we did it to South Africa for apartheid? Yet apparently kneeling for BLM is lefty pandering
“we’re not sorry, and we’re only sorry because we got caught. so to save face, we’ll move our sexual assailant CEOs to another facility with little employee protection.”
Pre-owned is piracy… wow, thats’s just… amazing.
Imagine trying to sell an old car and getting the police to drop on you saying you can’t sell that car….
Imagine working 40 hrs a week, to make money to buy a physical product that you have so little ownership of that you can’t even resell it.
Just wanted to take a moment to say this channel introduced me to anti-capitalist ideas because I wanted to watch the videos about the dumpster fire that was the Digital Homicide lawsuit, and now I’m just like, yeah, I’m poor because someone else decided to base my ability to live on whether or not I had money, in a system designed to make earning money near impossible for some people.
And thanks for that one Jim, at least I can see where my oppression comes from and see that being an ally to those who are more oppressed is the only way to move towards a world where that is no longer the case.
Can you imagine an industry where it is literally more ethical to steal most of their products than buy them?
People are such sheep that the idea that they do not buy something repulses them and seems impossible. They will hate you for even suggesting it.
“They vilify us, the scoundrels do, when there is only this difference, they rob the poor under the cover of law… and we plunder the rich under the protection of our own courage.” Sam Bellamy (his 1st mate was Edward “Blackbeard” Teach–yeah that Blackbeard)
“Maybe we should improve society somew-”
“YET YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE IN SAID SOCIETY EYUCK EYUCK”