I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

“AI Creators” create in the same sense that a customer “creates” a Big Mac at McDonald’s. You didn’t collaborate, you just asked a 3rd party to do it for you.

This Switch 2 “cartridge is a download code” nonsense is just a revival of early DLC where the content was already on the disc. If you want to do online sales only, just do that, don’t trick consumers into buying a license instead of a product.

I see we’ve hit the J. Wellington Wimpy stage of capitalism with the new Doordash update.

Convinced the only way to adapt The Silmarillion is as a documentary series.

I honestly don’t think the TikTok ban went far enough. I think that the ban should have included any social media that collects any data remotely similar to what TikTok is accused of. Go full scorched earth, see what’s left in the ashes.

In the year 2025, if your game doesn’t have a dress-up mechanic for player characters, what are we doing here?

There is a huge problem with media literacy these days and the misunderstanding in the difference between “do your own research” and “check your sources” seems to play a big part.