Artists and other creators made the work, not the corporations who claim to own it. I will and do pay artists all day for the works they make.

hell yes brother. lets goooo

it speaks to a real sickness in our society that we insist on locking up pieces of our culture and art behind arbitrary monetization schemes.

you might want to look away, what you are about to see may be hard to handle for fans of NFTs...

somebody creating “bitcoins but it’s a jpg” is a scammer??? say it aint so.

I’m sure you could make it work you crazy diamond

Honestly, anyone who goes to Lollapalooza over Pitchfork is absolutely insane.

Counterpoint: Copyright doesn’t exist and is a legal fiction. 

If you have any familiarity with Python or node.js, it is still possible to make your own bot!

This is why pirating all media is the answer.

I pray for the day that indie game developers build a good sports simulator with robust mod support. So we can stop feeding this garbage money, play a quality game with generic teams, and fans can import their favorite teams.

I love qotsa, but it’s been clear for years that he is an addict with violent tendencies. I would not be surprised if this wasnt true.

Care to share why? What do you find bad about regulating microtransactions?

frankly, I am far more concerned with the brains of young kids then adults. science has proven that younger brains have issues with dopamine regulation and get addicted far more readily.

unironically a very good thing china is doing (well, their weird homophobia aside). I hope this kind of regulation cuts down on the predatory features of gaming as a whole.

Elite Force is way too good for what it is. The gameplay is essentially a slower Quake, so if you like boomer shooters you’ll probably enjoy it.

Jagex brass is pretty famously out of touch, and probably did it without talking to the developers. Not surprised some light pressure enabled the devs to fix the issue

I do not consider a small slice of the game that was funded to the tune of a half billion, that is still selling very expensive jpgs and blender models of ships, is meaning CI has met their promises. Their willful grifting on a game community of fans without deliverables—to the point that government agencies are…

bad grimdark non-trek show, continues to be bad, grimdark, and not particularly trek-y

You got served 1/16th of the game you paid for, years late with no promise for the remaining 15th to be served, and you are satisfied with that AND want to give them more money??