Fun games are great, but not all games need to be fun. They need to be enjoyable and satisfying, but "fun" isn't a requirement.
"Fun" is such an easy concept to understand compared to "enjoyment", and because the first video games were nothing more than little fun distractions, it's what most people envisage video games as. But if we hang onto this notion of a video game being fun, we will lose sight of what games truly can be. Not only that, because a game 'must also be fun' we are ruining what could otherwise be amazing games, at least in the conservative Triple A space.
That's the problem with the concept of fun, and video games. Fun is very subjective. It's not essential for a video game to be fun to be enjoyable, but it's a very hard line to judge.
This becomes an issue when we start complaining about a new game being too generic. Most of the time the game is either trying to be fun when it shouldn't. Or, it's trying to ride the wave of other games success. What I mean here, is the pervasive requirement for Triple A titles to be "fun" is what makes them boring.
EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
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