Comments on: Editorial: Break Point http://lusipurr.com/2015/01/15/editorial-break-point/ Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 By: DiceAdmiral http://lusipurr.com/2015/01/15/editorial-break-point/#comment-87954 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 23:52:09 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=12345#comment-87954 But “It’s fine now”! The minister of fineness said so himself!

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2015/01/15/editorial-break-point/#comment-87945 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:42:37 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=12345#comment-87945 Ethos said it all. 2014 was the “We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore!” moment in several spheres. My hope is that the mentality continues. It’s not a bad default position to adopt as a general rule, provided that it doesn’t lead to a sense of ‘ordinariness’.

Of course, I am speaking as the proprietor of a consumer-oriented news website. It is my duty to criticise practises that hurt consumers or diminish their rights. So, obviously, there could be charges of vested interest here: it is my duty to hold such a position, it is in my interest to hold such a position, therefore I advocate such a position. But that said, I think this industry-suspicious position is objectively better, because it generally defends the rights of those who have less power against those who have more (that is: setting aside the imbalances of law itself, individual consumers do not have access to huge, expensive legal teams of the sort used by corporations).

Ethos reminds me that I need to play Captain Toad. I need to play it very much. But, Eternal Sonata…

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By: Ethos http://lusipurr.com/2015/01/15/editorial-break-point/#comment-87927 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:22:33 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=12345#comment-87927 2014 was certainly a year for gamers on a wider scale starting to realize that they’re not going to take it. Or at least, that’s the sense I’m starting to get. I’m not sure the numbers reflect that. Captain Toad is the only holiday season game I can think of that could be considered worth its launch asking price.

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