in a just, abolitionists society that doesn't believe in the carceral system or death penalty so called "shunning" is a powerful thing. someone does something cruel that the community finds irredeemable? state the facts of what they did as publicly as possible so everyone knows and then shun them. let them either change their ways out of survival or parish while clinging to their bigotry and hatred. it's the only solution that i've found.
peacefulpixel
the way games are going now is the way games have BEEN going. capitalism's only purpose is infinite growth at any and all expense. this is what that looks like for gaming, bigger bigger bigger while bandaging it up with TAA and framegen and DLSS. when this house of cards tumbles, i know i will capitalise on it by not investing in the same mistakes again. but, i can only really hope that others do the same.
all violent empires end up ouroborosing, it's inevitable. the important part is whether or not the people also being consumed capitalise on this event or not
as an ace person we need less romance in games period. or at least the fucking ability to opt out, it's always gooner shit anyway
given the history of video games, and video game censorship, i know this has a low likelihood of coming to fruition. however, i would adore a game where i massacre a bunch of capitalists like ultrakill
all white people have to do is say "sorry i guess" and they instantly get equipped with iron clad armour that prevents any further discussion of their bigoted harm and the kind of generational harm they've contributed to. try telling the black kids who had to grow up during his peak that he's apologised. it's not gonna change anything
in that article (which i had to use the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension to comfortably read) Proton states "we do not comply with US subpoenas from either party." which of course is because they comply fully with Swiss subpoenas LOL
companies like Sony literally created the economic conditions that make this disgusting tactic unsurprising to see btw.
the amount of problems i don't have to deal with because i simply don't use GenAI
not at all surprising, we're talking about a company that almostly solely hires white cis men and refuses to tackle that
Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt Zion