video games

Vladimir Putin orders creation of Russian game consoles, Steam-like cloud delivery, and OS

I can’t help but chuckle at the recent announcement that Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of Russian game consoles, a Steam-like cloud delivery service, and an operating system. The sheer audacity of such a move is mind-boggling, to say the least. But, knowing Putin and his regime, it’s not entirely surprising. The service is supposedly going to be called “Coal” – because why not? And, of course, it wouldn’t be complete without a touch of Russian flair – mildly radioactive, just for that extra kick.

The first game to be released on these Russian consoles is said to be “Drone Operator” – because what could be more fun than controlling drones and earning drafting orders based on your high score, right?… Continue reading

Capitalism isn’t much fun

It boggles my fucking mind how we lost gamers to the right. Capitalism is the biggest cause of the decline of gaming. Microtransactions, gambling addiction loot crates, pay to win, selling games in piece meal snipets, charging full price for flawed garbage that will “get fixed later”, relying on the community to fix their shit for free(looking at modders and Bethesda), monopolistic growth removing competition and thus reducing quality and innovation, etc… Like gaming is a microcosm of the absolute failures of Capitalism. Everything wrong with Capitalism shows up in the gaming world. And all gamers think is “Look how feminism and diversity is ruining my video games!”… Continue reading