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The World Outside the Glass was Almost Gorgeous

By Will Borger • July 25th, 2024

The first step to solving a problem is admitting a problem exists, and the role you played in causing it. None of us are innocent.

A raccoon standing next to an oversized phone with a speech bubble that reads "Leaf TIckets" displaying how microtransactions work in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Pocket Camp: An Exercise in Capitalist Banality

By Khee Hoon Chan • December 7th, 2017

And if you’re a bourgeoisie Whale—what videogame companies call their biggest spenders who are willing to drop at least $100 per month on freemium games—well, you’ve exactly the corporate wet dream Nintendo wants to hook in.

Value, Price and Uncertainty

By David Carlton • August 12th, 2015

If corporations can’t manage uncertainty with Kickstarter, then they’ll manage uncertainty by making cookie-cutter games. David Carlton talks Shenmue III.

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