Daniel Starkey writes -
Poverty traps its victims in intellectual dead zones. I don't pirate games anymore, but when I needed it, it gave me access to the literature and artistic inspiration of my generation.
The collaboration you’ve all been waiting for is here – Yorkshire Tea and your favorite console’s controller.
Hmph, you were lucky enough to be playing games with a yorkshire tea controller!
Back in my day we only had rectangular controllers that would give you blisters and wear your thumbs down to a nub!
The new rules set by Japanese gaming giant, Nintendo, might threaten future content, directly impacting the profitability of many community-driven events.
"The profit of these tournaments is directly impacted by these new rules, as sponsorships are being forbidden, maximum prize money is limited to $5,000, and food/drinks can’t be sold at the tournaments."
Why even bother.
1 thing I've realized over the years is that Nintendo likes bragging about "fun", but it's "fun" how they see fit, and they often go against their consumers for the dumbest reasons. Just gonna do this stuff underground style, who are Nintendo to stop anyone from organizing community based tournaments anyway? How does this actually hurt em?
They've always wanted smash to be seen as a fun, casual game and nothing remotely competitive, which is in stark contrast with how Sakurai develops smash. He puts in so many little things to master for high level competitors. It's just sad, especially for the melee community. They kept the community going for 2 decades now even while all the time nintendo was trying to sabotage them.
Best Buy is offering the LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone set for an aggressive rate this Cyber Monday.
Holy moly. Before people even think about throwing a "you're a dirty pirate" comment around, I highly recommend giving it a read.
As someone from a fairly good background, I've never had to endure what this poor chap has, so seeing piracy from this guy's perspective really has opened my eyes. Well written and very informative, a much better read than most of the clickbait that gets pushed to the top, or just a series of tweets. More of this please!
Bootlegging usually comes from people that can't afford, or have their money going to more pressing places. It's understandable the case of both gamers and developers.
Piracy should be seen as a digital library, it's about equality and allowing all people regardless of wealth the opportunity to succeed in a world where the wealthy have advantages that can not be overcome by those of lesser means.
People in our capitalist society only look things from a greed perspective.
I have a friend who came from a family of moderate wealth they were able to send him to college for 3D programing and design. But the software(s) required to complete the courses cost thousands of dollars. More than they could afford to supply. So he pirated the software which allowed him to obtain a degree. Now he has a good job in the industry and has purchased multiple times over the same software he used to earn his degree.
its hard to judge someone in this position, the knee jerk reaction is "stealing is stealing", while others consider that people who pirate typically would never had bought the game anyway.
even stealing physical goods can be considered a grey area if that persons circumstances warrant it
Steal a loaf of bread = prosecuted with criminal record.
Embezzle billions of dollars = get paid remainder of contract and redundancy settlement fee, move on to another high paid job.
We have the highest inequality gap in recorded human history, and it's the poverty sticken 'digital media copiers' that are looked down upon and scorned as theifs.
What a disgusting toxic culture.