Dancing on Concord’s Grave
Gaming Under the Influence
[August 28th, 2024]
Article: Against Live Service & “Games for Everyone”
Why liver service games designed for an amorphous audience are bound to be sh*t
"The eagerness to grave dance on unpopular games has become a bad habit", says PC gamer. Join Alex & Mike for a discussion of how profoundly stupid this statement is. Discussion includes:
-the inbuilt failings of service games [in mechanical and conceptual terms],
-the nature & impact of DEI,
-and why it is good to hate bad things.
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