Communists shaking and crying right now.
Capitalism is a very common/popular tag for games on Steam. Of course, it's a fantasy version of capitalism where you can actually get ahead.
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These games are tagged capitalism, but they use this wild version of capitalism where the person doing the work gets to keep the value their work creates. I think there's a name for that...
Usually in these games I tell workers to do the work, I'm just the guy giving orders.
Openttd, the communist utopia, where you personally lay out the tracks and drive the trains.
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Being fair, capitalism works great in games. The system necessarily determines a winner, there are no externalities inside of a video game, and the people whose labor you're profiting from are NPCs.
Just now I realized I'm the NPC in some rich asshole capitalists life.
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This is true for board games as well. The classic example being Monopoly.
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The only good capitalism sims are GameDevTycoon, which makes you complicit in the enshittification while playing a plagiarized game, and Roller Coaster Tycoon, which accurately depicts the tycoon mindset.
0.01$ super salty fries, 80% ice 1500% overpriced drinks FTW
In the first game I remember charging about $5.00 or something for the bathroom. Easiest fake money I've ever made to fuel the construction of my psychopathic murder rides.
RCT does a really good job emulating the massive desire to drown your guests that all tycoons eventually get.
The fun thing most of these games aren't even truly capitalist. City builders like Cities Skylines, Tropico and Anno have little or no free market and you're just in control of a centralized planned economy.
The only truly capitalist games I saw on that list are X4 and Offworld Trading Company since you play as a single private owner competing with others on the market.
idk, space warlord organ trading simulator seems pretty spot on for late capitalism
My friends who play PDX games with me and know my politics sometimes tease me about the game using currency or referencing profitability. And then I remind them that we're all meticulously planning our economies with virtually nothing left for a privileged class to decide. And our decisions, though made in a context of imperialism, aren't being made for personal wealth but state power.
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The first game it has shown me is...
WORKERS & RESOURCES: SOVIET REPUBLIC
Gabe knows some irony
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That is a really funny theme to pick
I hope next week is the Socialist and Communist Fest.
Tetris clone week would actually be pretty sick tbh
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when is valve gonna release capitalism 3?
3
What's that funny symbol?
- Valve
I think it's some kind of indian luck rune
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jokes aside, it's just not a really attractive title.
I've played 48 hours in one of the games in there, Traveller's Rest, about running a tavern. It has money, supply, employees, trends etc. But I'm not enjoying it because Yay Capitalism! It's because when you're running your own cute shop with virtual money it's fun. I do like the genre, but being reminded of the systems that are causing a lot of real world shit is just a bad title.
But I guess "Business Sim Sale" wasn't flashy enough.
But I’m not enjoying it because Yay Capitalism! It’s because when you’re running your own cute shop with virtual money it’s fun.
You can run a private business without engaging in capitalist exploitation. That's something a lot of people would probably find enjoyable.
As fun as that is, I love a game that starts out innocent fun then slowly reveals as you progress that you were always a monster, the only difference is now it's starting to impact the world in a way that you can't ignore anymore. It's up to you when you want to stop.
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Games showing us that it has never been about the monet/credits. It's about making and experiencing
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I mean they got our attention, so they've done it right ig
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I keep noticing an alex jones game selling for 20 bucks on steam and wishing I had a way to deface it or harm him personally in some way
Came across this game too. I took a peek in the discussions for the game and oh boy was that a trip. I’d suggest making some post in there about his court cases or something. IMO steam probably shouldn’t allow anything about jones on their storefront period.
Choices you can make before you sell a game called "Sex with Hitler."
On the bottom right of the page, next to "Share" and "Embed," there's a flag icon. Click it, and you can report the product. I figured "Defamatory" was a likely category...
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Buy Kapital and Soviet Republic en masse
Seize the means of unproductivity.
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I was confused until I saw the games for sale. Well played, Valve.
I considered uploading this as well, under the title "How to break a Gabe Loving Communist brain"
Glad to see I wasn't alone lol
I'm anti-war and guns, I play a lot of war games and shooters.
Or just hoard your actual wealth like Scrooge McDuck and play openttd without paying a cent.
Probably a better game than 99% of that junk too.
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World End Economica isn't even in this sale. I feel cheated.
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