So, do you think we should do anything about scalping, though, or do we just sit here with self control while the people with money who don’t give a shit just pay the $200 like they always will and always have throughout the entirety of human history?

Sadly, I’ve pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I’ll have to go through scalpers sometimes to get some of the cool stuff I want.

Glad someone brought this up because it’s quite maddening seeing all these people talk about past technological advancements as though all the dreams and predictions people were making around the early 20th century weren’t about being freed from labor to pursue more fulfilling crafts like.. art.

Yeah, because past inventions and productivity increases ALWAYS free human beings up to do more interesting work or have more free time, right?

A little gratifying to see the conventional wisdom that has prevailed among the political elite my entire life—that liberals are always fighting against a conservative electorate that wants the Republican agenda by default, and that led to so much bullshit (“safe, legal and rare”, 1994 crime bill, welfare reform,…

A lot of modern games are bullshit. Getting broken games at launch, getting Games as a Service, ads coming into games, games needing an online connection to play, NFTs being implemented when no one wants that shit. Like seriously. Good for these games to be getting high scores. Fucking getting tired of modern games…

Developers can’t see why gamers love their games because they haven’t consumed enough of their fingerprint grapes yet. 

Uh... People stopped getting outraged over NFTs because they rightly became devalued over time and people aren’t falling for the scam nearly as much because of all the information out there about how scummy they are.  Not because there’s some ~fresh new thing~ to be mad about.

Remember when the comments were inundated with weird Bored Ape dweebs trying to convince us how revolutionary and forward-thinking NFTs were? I guess these pseudo-futurist assholes have moved on to the AI Art articles now, to defend that shitty fucking garbage.

“We also hope that you will look forward to the blockchain games we plan to launch in FY2024/3 and thereafter.”

Can’t wait to see the sales figures for their blockchain games! Everybody loves an alienating and divisive fad that has already imploded!

“We also hope that you will look forward to the blockchain games we plan to launch in FY2024/3 and thereafter.”

How the fuck does this company run? Like, mechanically?

Well, at least they did the right thing and prioritized getting it into the hands of the online bot scalpers and not the gamers that waited in line in the cold to preorder.

this

“No, honest, Mom and Dad! There value will go up again!”

Funko Pop!(s) as an investment?

That’s where they belong, friends don’t let friends buy POPS, and nobody with an ounce of integrity collects these for real. Buy real figures or statues, not POPS. 

“we want free markets...”  except for when those markets don’t align with our christo-facist pogroms.  lulz.