Hey Ma! Theres a weird fuckin cat outside!

Mechwarrior online.

Free, online “shooter”, good community, runs on linux, gameplay is dated and doesnt get tons of dev support anymore but its still how I kill an evening once or twice a week.

“In our defence he was way better at brown people things than a lot of brown people”

Im sorry if its misogynistic but I dont really want a woman nobody else wants to fuck.

Like… if the consensus is “Naaaaaah” theres probably a really good reason.

All quiet on the western front.

Requiem for a dream.

Caligula

Felon

Deliverance

Schindlers List

Pick an actor, it doesnt matter. The result is fucked up.

Shes a Billionaire and apparently they all deserve bullets to the head.

Im a 40yo man and the Barbie movie didnt seem like a cash grab to me purely because Barbie has been a commercial property its entire life. There was a germ of love and creativity at its inception but its been decades of it being sold that the movie, if anything felt overdue.

It was Marvel for women, it was a big budget flashy stupid movie (marvel) for women. It was definitely a good moment for feminists because they put big cash behind a movie that was almost repellent to men. They had to finance a movie based on the assumption that 50% of people would object to seeing it strongly.

As a guy I like to say “It was great for a movie that I didnt like.” It was well executed, fun, set design, practical effects and all were fantastic. But absolutely not meant for me and thats ok.

This has always been my counterpoint for the Nintendo haters when they complain about price. (Although they are a shit company in several other ways) Because when my daughter wants a new switch game if its a top tier Nintendo title its going to be a finished game with zero bugs and zero concern about problematic content for me.

I buy $2000 cars, shoestring them along until they break expensively or just get outright unsafe or I see another shitbox I want. Then I buy another $2000 car, shoestring it along…

The YT channel is “Renaissance Periodisation” for anyone interested in Bodybuilding/Steroids/Fitness/Dick Jokes.

Dr Mike is one of my favorite people, I genuinely think he would probably be a fun guy to hang out with.

Fight fire with fire.

Create dumb laws? Sue schools in red states and deep red voters with animal mascots.

I thought of these things.

Imagine the fun lawsuits you could launch over mascots and drama performances just to be a dick.

I dont know that for certain. Just saying theres revenue streams that a F2P game can leverage if they can get the player count high enough, Its something Id tollerate from a good enough F2P game especially if its done well, Skate culture has always had certain brands associated with it so it COULD be done organically.

Turning my business mind towards Skate, they can make money through sources other than the customers.

Clothing companies, in game billboards, in game music deals, skateboard companies… you get the game in front of enough people and the players wont be the whales.

It can be done well either way. If its a premium purchased game eventually it will make more sense financially for them to release a sequel, and the player base will move on. With F2P (If its done well) the games longevity is limited solely by wether or not it keeps making money.

If we’re looking at it pessimistically the industry seems to be moving towards buying a premium AAA title, being charged appropriately, being coerced into buying a season pass to play online and then still being harassed with microtransactions.

If its FTP and all mechanics beyond cosmetics can be accessed with grinding (skate-pun… nice) rather than passes and subscriptions then a great many people need to STFU.

Mechwarrior Online is FTP and Online only, has been since 2013 when it was released, still has players, still gets updates and still makes money without p2w shenanigans. Ive got 3600 hours logged, I still play regularly. Sometimes I buy some shit in game because I’m a grownup with disposable income and 3600 hours worth of entertainment is worth a few bucks.

“We’re releasing a free to play MMO”

“I WONT GIVE YOU A CENT!”

“Yeah we said its free”

“WHY IS IT ALWAYS ONLINE!?!”

“Its an MMO so yeah, thats how they work”

“YOU CAN JUST TURN OFF THE SERVERS!”

“Yes, Free MMOs tend to work like that!”

“I WONT BUY ANY MICROTRANSACTIONS!”

“Ok”

“I WONT PLAY IT!”

“Ok”

“WHY ARENT YOU MAD THAT I’M MAD!?!”

“Never forget in the story of Jesus, the hero was killed by the state” - Killer Mike.

How dare you insinuate that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE, there isnt a single shred of evidence that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE. Id like to see anyone claiming or even hinting that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE take their evidence straight to Interpol so that it can be disproven categorically by trained experts that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE.

Young people do young people shit, always have and will. I ate beef and vegetable soup for 3 months straight to buy a new engine for my race car 20 years ago…