According to another commenter, CDPR just licensed out the brand to the devs here; they're not actually partners. That makes a hell of a lot more sense as to why they’re doing a Kickstarter.

We disagree on a lot, but yeah, and Justice isn’t much better.

As you say, governments are meant to regulate businesses on behalf of the public aka the consumers. That’s the avenue by which consumer rights are generally upheld. Dictating to businesses doesn’t literally mean shouting at them through a megaphone. That’s what I mean; the government represents consumers and our…

That is not what I meant by the college economics comment, but I acknowledge it was meant to be condescending because I’ve been seeing some very shallow hot takes regarding this issue, not from you but in general. On that front, I apologize.

Muhammad Fucking Ali.

It used to be an aesthetic thing, at least overtly. But then there were always the hard-core Vader fans and my peers who grew up with the prequels and thought Palpatine was the fucking coolest because he was just soooo smart!

No, because Liz Cheney was cancelling Trump first. Logic, libtard!

Because people can't help engaging obvious trolls. 

Okay, see, this bit of info makes way more sense than everyone saying it’s fine for a multimillion dollar company to do crowdfunding campaigns. Because they're not apparently. 

Okay, but why is CDPR and Bandai Namco et al not covering the costs? That's just weird and a little unseemly. 

If neo-Cons can still dream of the South rising again, Canucks have the right to avenge 1812, dammit.

I hate that this sentence sums up so much of video game development. This was depressing to read.

Oh wowwwww

Oh, that's a good question.

They’re very cyber and they just wanted to be punk.

We ‘know’ that stuff, but CDPR has denied any intentionality, calling it things like ‘misplaced confidence’ and many CDPR stans have taken that up. Actual documented evidence that management knew, understood the implications, and went ahead anyway could make all the difference to those investors now suing them. 

Really? What a waste. 

I’m honestly just curious here; what does having a job or not have to do with believing in copyright? 

What, if anything, should FKA Twigs have done differently in this scenario?

Joan didn’t write this.