Communists shaking and crying right now.
Capitalism is a very common/popular tag for games on Steam. Of course, it’s a fantasy version of capitalism where you can actually get ahead.
These games are tagged capitalism, but they use this wild version of capitalism where the person doing the work gets to keep the value their work creates. I think there’s a name for that…
IS A MAN NOT ENTITLED TO THE SWEAT OF HIS BROW?!?!
Being fair, capitalism works great in games. The system necessarily determines a winner, there are no externalities inside of a video game, and the people whose labor you’re profiting from are NPCs.
Just now I realized I’m the NPC in some rich asshole capitalists life.
Wake up sheeple 🐑
This is true for board games as well. The classic example being Monopoly.
That is a really funny theme to pick
I hope next week is the Socialist and Communist Fest.
when is valve gonna release capitalism 3?
3
What’s that funny symbol?
- Valve
I think it’s some kind of indian luck rune
I notice that 3 looks like a sideways ω, which is the symbol used to represent an ordinal number larger than all finite ordinal numbers.
In other words Valve might see 3 as essentially meaning infinity, and is thus unreachable. No matter how many new versions they make, they can never get to 3.
Valve would have to go to mom before Google would let them have a turn on the capitalism 3.
jokes aside, it’s just not a really attractive title.
I’ve played 48 hours in one of the games in there, Traveller’s Rest, about running a tavern. It has money, supply, employees, trends etc. But I’m not enjoying it because Yay Capitalism! It’s because when you’re running your own cute shop with virtual money it’s fun. I do like the genre, but being reminded of the systems that are causing a lot of real world shit is just a bad title.
But I guess “Business Sim Sale” wasn’t flashy enough.
But I’m not enjoying it because Yay Capitalism! It’s because when you’re running your own cute shop with virtual money it’s fun.
You can run a private business without engaging in capitalist exploitation. That’s something a lot of people would probably find enjoyable.
As fun as that is, I love a game that starts out innocent fun then slowly reveals as you progress that you were always a monster, the only difference is now it’s starting to impact the world in a way that you can’t ignore anymore. It’s up to you when you want to stop.
I mean they got our attention, so they’ve done it right ig
Games showing us that it has never been about the monet/credits. It’s about making and experiencing
Not only that but by necessity the money/credits in nearly all games (EVE Online a possible exception) is closer to a labor voucher of sorts than a commodity. And labor vouchers are a potential avenue for transitioning a society away from currency.
I keep noticing an alex jones game selling for 20 bucks on steam and wishing I had a way to deface it or harm him personally in some way
Came across this game too. I took a peek in the discussions for the game and oh boy was that a trip. I’d suggest making some post in there about his court cases or something. IMO steam probably shouldn’t allow anything about jones on their storefront period.
Choices you can make before you sell a game called “Sex with Hitler.”
On the bottom right of the page, next to “Share” and “Embed,” there’s a flag icon. Click it, and you can report the product. I figured “Defamatory” was a likely category…
Thanks Grue, I reported it for defamation. I wonder if it would be possible to land a DMCA claim against the game on top of the report
Buy Kapital and Soviet Republic en masse
Seize the means of unproductivity.
That’ll show those capitalist pigdogs!
Good point, piracy better
I have Soviet Republic on my wishlist, so it was literally first game i saw just below the “Capitalism and Economy Fest” sign.
I was confused until I saw the games for sale. Well played, Valve.
I considered uploading this as well, under the title “How to break a Gabe Loving Communist brain”
Glad to see I wasn’t alone lol
That sounds horribly painful. How on earth can it be remedied.?
The American dream right here
They heard us! Soviet Republic is now on sale!
World End Economica isn’t even in this sale. I feel cheated.
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Valve itself is Capitalist, it isn’t a shift in positions.
Very few people realize that Valve just barely managed to get enough votes to pay lip service to BLM, and then their CEO overturned it.
Won’t be buying any games while this is up
Valve will be just as Capitalist when it ends. If you aren’t okay with Capitalism for video games, or see it as a necessary evil while we live under Capitalism, you need to consume FOSS games and buy straight from indie devs, essentially.
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My point is that this isn’t Valve “at their worst,” it’s the exact same Valve. Valve has always been Capitalist, and always has functioned in a Capitalist manner. Valve taking a brand new stance, like “fuck trans people,” would be Valve at their worst.
Basically, there’s no difference in how much Valve supports Capitalism between last week and now, but if Valve changed their stance for the worse then that would be cause for a shift in consumer sentiment.
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Piracy also works quite well. But my stance isn’t capitalism bad (it is bad though) but rather that I don’t want to support marketing that is politicised.
