Spurn the computer game industry
15th January 2017
I am so angry about the computer games industry, and here's why:
- Most commercial computer games are not only proprietary software, but also require proprietary platforms such as Microsoft Windows and Steam. This means you do not have the ability to understand or maintain your computer.
- Most commercial computer games require very powerful computers. This means that a less-wealthy person cannot play online games with their more-wealthy friends. This is especially a problem for young people, for whom gaming is an important social activity. Also it's a problem for people who don't earn massive 1st-world salaries.
- The bloated resource wastage of games drives an insatiable gaming-hardware-fetish-industry where people spend all their disposable income on bullshit such as graphics cards that cost as much as a laptop.
Therefore, I spurn the computer games industry and only play games which are Free Software, non-resource-bloated, and cross-platform (that means they don't require bullshit like Windows and Steam).
My new gaming PC
Since my 9-year-old computer is in need of replacement, I am building a new one this year. Here is how I will spec it:
- Processor: Second-hand Intel SkyLake i3. Low-spec so it's good for playing light-weight games like TeeWorlds. Low power so it's eco-friendly. Last-gen so it's cheap.
- Memory: anything that doesn't have a fancy gaming-fetish heat-spreader. I want it to be all ugly with the circuits showing.
- Graphics card: none. The integrated Intel 530 graphics is already more than I need to play beautiful games like The Battle for Wesnoth.
Take action!
A roman wrote that the only thing people need to be happy is bread and games. TAKE BACK CONTROL OF OUR GAMES!
Find Free Software games on The Free Software Directory, and let the computer games industry and their over-priced fetish-hardware languish!
