Tuesday - Don't Make a Game, Make a Store

Tonight on GeekNights, in light of one of many Helldivers 2 kerfuffles, we consider yet another way that late capitalism is ruining the games industry: the stores make more money than the games. In the news, a Roblox game's attempt to fix its in-game economy causes a bunch of gamers to lose their minds, Sportsnet streams have freaky noises, and Animal Well is good.

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I partly blame you for coming up with a rusty’s real barbell idea bit with visual novels. You need to purchase books and read them on certain environments to trigger cutscenes in a dating Sim.

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