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What is to be done about all media moving toward a service model where you don't even have access to the game files? Streamed games never took off because there is too much latency, but it's only a matter of time before they figure out how to stream the data to your computer at load-time instead of at run-time. Other forms of media are already largely handled through full streaming at the point of access.

ITT let's keep up to date with developments in this area, including but not limited to
<DRM and loss of ownership rights
<Alternative means of distribution
<FOSS and open access models for games
<Developers and distributors who support genuine ownership

Are there any modern games that actually get the cyberpunk aesthetic right?

Cyberpunk 2077 looks pretty great during the night cycle, but during the day it becomes clear and sunny and looks more like gritty Futurama than cyberpunk.

I think Undertale's routes perfectly encapsulate the left/right political axis, and I don't just mean the surface level "good = left, evil = right".

The Pacifist Route embodies leftism at it's core: doing what's right even while the world around you basks in indifference. Sticking to your values even when you could make things easier by ignoring them. Working hard to make things better for everyone even while they punish you for it at every turn.

Conversely, the Genocide Route embodies the right wing: going out of your way to make things worse for everyone, far beyond what benefits you. Being willing to make yourself miserable just to bring others down with you. Fighting endlessly to snuff out a resistance to your own eradication.

And the Neutral Route of course represents liberals, centrists. Indifferent to everything around them, they simply do whatever benefits them. No values, no purpose, simply cruising through life without a thought. Sure, they might *try* not to do wrong at first, but once it starts to be an inconvenience it stops being worth the trouble; the lives and happiness of people you barely know don't really matter that much one way or the other.

Truly a masterclass of political commentary, bravo Toby.

it brings me no pleasure to announce this, but it's peak. the furry twink has done it again. total tumblr teen victory. i can't sleep at night and my life is irrevocably changed.

with the ever more dire state of things in gaming im surprised nobody bothers to make complete copies of physical video games including packaging, guides, etc. you have some chinese mass producing retro cartridges but no more than that

Post in this thread every time you play a new game and rate it, I'll start, currently playing Dread Dawn, pretty jank and honestly not that good but I'm desperate for more zombie games to wait until PZ 42 comes out. 6/10.

A thread for discussing Mount & Blade series.
Which game do you play? Do you have favorite mods? Are you active in multiplayer? Do you roleplay? Tell us about your characters and their adventures!

>Purchase businesses and homes;
>Generate "passive income";
>rent homes;
>Forcibly evict tenants;

Is this just liberal propaganda? Is it just capitalist realism and a lack of imagination? Or is this just a game with lots of options?

Anyone else playing the open beta? Really fun game ngl and they have basically made it playable, fixing the UI and stuff. I am better at the fighting than the racing though. I can never win against the vector users who boost across the map.