try to export their strict laws

No, not laws, but religious views and values. That’s what their laws reflect. Religious people are famous for trying to proselytize, convert, and meddle because they have a very fundamental belief that they’re dealing with larger forces of good and evil.

gives them so much personal joy at taking away our gay kissing

Again, please don’t reduce my argument to absurdity. That is not a productive or respectful way of making your point.

Yeah, I have those games, but I want to know what direction they’ll take. I want to know how bold they would be if they wanted to.

Saudi Arabia is a country with one of the strictest laws in the world. Why shouldn’t anyone be suspicious of what they say or do? Why can’t people have a healthy amount of distrust and skepticism of their actions if, as you said, they’re trying to portray a different image of themselves to the world? Who says the mask can’t come off under the right circumstances, like the shameless right-wing downturn of the US?

The Sims IP has always been one of the most welcoming and famous platforms for non-traditional values that directly contradict their country’s principles. Because I don’t know if you know, but homosexuality in Saudi Arabia is currently punishable by death. It’s fair to imagine that some company-wide policy changes would take place when it’s acquired to align with its own views, which also align with the Trump administration’s crusade to eliminate liberal ideas. I mean, didn’t they recently bribe him with a luxury jet? Don’t you think they could have a broader joint interest at heart?

If franchises like Call of Duty have been targets of military marketing, it doesn’t take much to imagine how a corporation from an authoritarian country like SA would at least attempt to rein in social values in The Sims if given the chance.

I’d rather have that than the IPs being used to promote and indoctrinate some religious bullshit.

I wonder what they’ll do with IPs like The Sims. I can’t imagine they’ll allow same-sex relationships, naturally, but I don’t think they’ll allow divorce, either. :S

Inb4 the ackshually, homosexuality is a modern concept that’s been around for less than 100 years ☝🤓

I mean, Steam has no issue with Weed Shop 3 😅

Yaaarggh! Fuck you auto mod, I’m trying to be helpful. >:(

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Same here. The problem was that I needed more RAM. 🙃

I wouldn’t be so sure, matey! Yaarrghh! ⛵🏴‍☠️🦜

Same here. The last AAA game I bought was probably Diablo III, and I barely touched that piece of junk. I’ve learned my lesson and either pirate it to try it out first or wait for sales on Steam. My most prized games in my collection are the indie ones anyway, so I’m not rushing to buy AAA anymore.

Yeah… I didn’t say when that was. 👴

I remember when Ubisoft was a logo I liked seeing on my gaming screen.

Oh yeah, they milked that shit as much as they could. Really ruined the franchise with their bullshit.

Cities Skylines

They also gave us anime. I wonder what effect that has had on the world. Nyaaa~!

Classic Lemmy moment. There’s no need to take fiction seriously as if carries onto real life. Let people enjoy things.

Damn, following the footsteps of the great Terraria devs. o7

Have two phones: one rooted with a custom ROM and the other one for banking. 🤷‍♂️

The creativity in that game is insane. It’s the game that made me realize how incredibly talented the people at Nintendo are, and what a game could be. One of my favorites.

😏

Nice, but too many tiddies and not enough dicks.

The ones by big publishers? No, they’re feature complete at best for the sake of the game loop but sell the rest in overpriced DLCs. The base game is the hook, that’s why Epic keeps giving some away for free or are sold at a heavy discount on Steam. You only need to scroll down to notice.

Some of those were not even worth buying. All the Stuff packs seem like a scam.

That the game is broken up into parts to charge more instead of, you know, making the game feature-rich in the first place.

I used to like this company. I guess I’m at fault.

I see, the second one is not so obvious. Thanks!

How do you not let it?

Oh, finally? It only took them a hundred years.

We did it! *high fives self on the other side of the world*

I mean, where is the lie? Gimme cheap games, I’ll “buy” all of them!

I’ve also noticed this from watching his stream and the more I learn about the guy the less I like him. He seems to misrepresent and oversell himself quite a bit.

Btw did he tell you about the time he worked at Blizzard, for the millionth time?

Steam: Mission failed successfully!

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Ten bucks that it’s an anime waifu hentai game. 🤭

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I wish these headlines enumerated which time this was. What if it’s the second time this week? How would I know? /s

You’re in luck, it’s already in the works.

Yeah, you don’t start out as a folk hero by hiding behind a black screen and waiting for the right moment to pounce. Sorry NFT dude.