Games

21211 readers

142 users here now

Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.

Rules

No racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, or transphobia. Don't care if it's ironic don't post comments or content like that here.
Mark spoilers
No bad mouthing sonic games here :no-copyright:
No gamers allowed :soviet-huff:
No squabbling or petty arguments here. Remember to disengage and respect others choice to do so when an argument gets too much
Anti-Edelgard von Hresvelg trolling will result in an immediate ban from c/games and submitted to the site administrators for review. :silly-liberator:

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

jack@hexbear.net

RiotDoll@hexbear.net

Hot Take: If your primary reason to want a game to succeed or buy a game is spite, you don’t actually care whether it’s good. (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by NoahFuel@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

If the main motivation is “to own the haters”, “to prove people wrong”, “to make a group mad” …then the game itself is a weaponized prop and That’s how you end up defending mid products harder than you’d ever defend great ones.

rooting for success out of spite isn’t healthier than rooting for failure out of spite

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I guess? The quality of the product can't be divorced from the social conditions upon its release. I don't care if a game is mid if it advances a positive social movement, and I don't care about the quality if it advances a bad one. Harry Potter might be the game of the year, but I have ideological reasons for wanting it to fail. Conversely, I will buy mid games from people whose values and goals I support. Those facts affect my assessment and enjoyment of the product, since the game doesn't exist in a vacuum.

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gaming as a proxy war

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

I pirated Hogwarts 10 times to hurt JK personally