So a game industry friend complained to me. When a third party hacker profits off of cheats, farms currency, or modifies a game beyond what the developer intend it diminishes the quality of the game. Thats why companies need end-user agreements and activation codes. This immediately made me think of the BoBaFeTTs Diablo II trainer, Duke Nukeem and Doom Mod sites, Built in God-modes and the amazing forethought of Konami UUDDLRLRBA that enhanced the reply value of the best games of previous generations. Reply So good I have an old Windows machine just to have access to classics non-emulator (dont even get me started on the boxes of old game systems). However... Once upon a time; game companies embraced cheating, farming, pking for ears, sharing with friends, modification, and freeware (That is free 2 play before it was cool). The hazards of some ace-hole in godly plate of the whale stealing your ears was just a part of life. Gasp... I know Im speaking crazy talk. Something changed, maybe it was million dollar movie tie-ins and stricter copywrong to protect the IP. But something, something evil came into gaming when the money came in. With terrifying end-user agreements, online profile tracking matadata, Digital Rights Managements, activation codes, limited content transfers, DLC, physical copy and digital cost the same with none of the perks, RFID, and on-disk DLC, video games are becoming less about something to do in my free time and more like a college course in international trademarking, patents and copyright. At best the industry has become a lesson in economics and marketing but at worst half the shit I listed above would make a conspiracy nut blow his brains out over Big Brother intrusion into life or at least make him run off-grid. Lets not get started on video game censorship! Not to bust out a tin foil hat or anything, but I just get the sinking feeling that 1984 could be about modern video industry. Monitored game play, voice interfaces, profile tracking, destruction of free press (Lets Play), propaganda on which system is more cunning edge and fits the political views of my real life demographic opinions. Maybe art imitates life and videogames have become the Orwellian nightmares we all want to escape from in life. A backlash against a hardening socialist nation. A subculture trying to voice out against the monstrosity of modern life. But then again, that would be if video games had characters trying to get rid of a tracking device. Rather than selling you miniature figures each with their own tracking information (Yeah You know which games are guilty). That would require videogames to be a subculture and not a dominate feature of everyday life.... This brings me to my point, three occupations almost everyone hates in real life, Politicians, Bankers , and Lawyers. Who the hell invited them to the party?! We have to get the bankers, politicians and lawyers out of games. Not you Phoenix sit your ass down! Just get back to making games. Lawyers, bankers, and politicians already screw up everything else they touch why do we have to keep letting them have control of how and what we play? For that matter, screw this post being about video games, get bankers, lawyers, and politicians the hell out of our lives. Anyway going to go try and Sleep, I have Star Trek Online Shuttle events this weekend, and Mario Kart 8 to buy, looking up videos for Halo 5 and Smash WII U, and yep placated and docile....
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 08:11:10 +0000
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