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McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by Talanes »

throwaway290 wrote: post #234
dumpsterdiver wrote: post #217

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I mean... yeah. In the meantime you haven't taken anything from that person; they are performing on a public street. On the contrary, similar to a packed restaurant, your presence might signal to others that there is something worth experiencing where you and your friends are crowded. This could in turn benefit the person you're crowded around by bringing more wallets within earshot. So you haven't actually given not…

Yes, the performer would benefit from that attention. Maybe some of the people your presence brings around will tip them, etc. The difference is that the existence of the performer is super obvious while in this case author and their work is hidden so author will not benefit in the same way.

The author is also hidden from anyone who would be authorizing payment. The only person involved who might know the author is the guy making the game, and they likely used what leverage they had on their own contract.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by mynonameaccount »

splatzone wrote: post #193
binji wrote: post #189

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nah, people can do whatever they want with it :)

McDonalds makes ~$23 billion per year. You deserve something.

They developer isn't complaining, why are you? Maybe you can create something, opensource it MIT, and then complain.

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Post by InCityDreams »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #80
toolz wrote: post #34

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I'm no expert, but I thought we should prefer farm raised, no? Seems weird to advertise they are wild caught when that's a big concern with over-fishing in the wild.

For bulk, sure; for flavour, wild is superior. But it's a finite luxury.

Double-blind tested, of course.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by ekianjo »

yellowapple wrote: post #250
oh_sigh wrote: post #223

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Who else should get random bonuses? How about the hundreds of open source contributors to web browsers? What about the children of the people who clean the offices of the studio that made the game? I bet I could identify about a million people who deserve a bonus here.

...yes? They all arguably deserve something. Hell, we're long overdue for a universal basic income - such that everyone can pursue things for the sake of coolness or intellectual curiosity or whatever if they want to, without needing to worry about making ends meet.

Ubi Now you are showing your true colors here

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by ekianjo »

mickael-kerjean wrote: post #235
thrdbndndn wrote: post #226

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I personally don't think we should expect more from a "richer" user as soon as they're following the license of OSS (or expect anything different at all, regardless users' background or purpose). It just doesn't make sense, not even morally.

Where do you put the bar of the legal vs morale argument? A few days ago, I discovered a government entity in Pakistan was using my AGPL software [1] to handle censoring of media through their "ministry of information and broadcasting". I did release my software under AGPL as I like the underlying ideology of free software with a large emphasis on the freedom and not the free of charge but would have never expect som…

You used the wrong license then.

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Post by _def »

zemo wrote: post #119

> it was developed using GB Studio yeah a lot of people in this thread seem to be completely unaware of GB Studio's existence, which is funny because a lot of people learn to make games in GB Studio nowadays. The GB Studio scene is pretty active.

Yeah, I recently got a GB flash cart and it's rally something to download and play an indie game that was just released on your DMG lol.

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Post by vocatus_gate »

thrdbndndn wrote: post #236
mickael-kerjean wrote: post #235

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Where do you put the bar of the legal vs morale argument? A few days ago, I discovered a government entity in Pakistan was using my AGPL software [1] to handle censoring of media through their "ministry of information and broadcasting". I did release my software under AGPL as I like the underlying ideology of free software with a large emphasis on the freedom and not the free of charge but would have never expect som…

I personally think your particular scenario is the easier one: such "client" will ignore any license requirement or "moral pressure" anyway, as soon as they can acquire the software in some way. There shouldn't be moral burden on the devs. You do more good (way more) than harm. Otherwise I doubt Linus can sleep at night. I'd say this is no difference from, say, a knife manufacturer when it comes to the harm the knive…

"the harm the knives do"

Ah yes, those famous knives that jump up and attack people, when they're not too tired from autonomously cutting steaks and chopping vegetables.

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Post by noduerme »

issore wrote: post #238
noduerme wrote: post #206

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I say it with humor, because it sounds like an oxymoron. But it does describe a certain wealthy, anti-capitalist clade here in Portland. (And I'll happily point that out to my friends, whether or not we agree on things). I was just thinking of the last time I was waiting in my car at the McDonald's drive-thru with the rest of the proles, and a friend called. When I told him where I was, he had let out an involuntary…

It’s funny since pricing is set based upon social behavior (do we spend that or not and/or should we charge that or not?) capitalism is socialism with obligation to carry around a mind virus that preserves the figurative identity of Bezos and the like; they’re “better” capitalists. Also hi from Portland

I mean, socialism is capitalism with a mind virus that encourages displays of self-sacrifice, without really eradicating greed. Personally I think hypocrisy is more corrosive than ambition, and bitterness is more corrosive than misplaced hopefulness. (I also don't compare my worth to others based on money, and I don't envy the likes of Bezos. I do enjoy being paid and occasionally buying things that make my life more enjoyable, but certainly not because other people can't afford them; holding a grudge upward or holding a superiority complex downward would be the kind of "mind virus" you describe, but it's totally unnecessary if all you want is to have an enjoyable and productive life in a capitalist society full of fun shit and chances to build things that people in communist societies couldn't have dreamed of).

The thing I love most about Portland is that you can have these intellectual debates almost everywhere you go, really get to hear other people's thought processes based on their personal situations, and understand where they're coming from. I'm by no means a hard-liner; but I spend half my time out in Newberg which has an entirely different set of baked-in assumptions and priorities. I'm as likely to get into deep debates with people there as I am here, but far less likely to get into interesting theoretical territory. At least this place still has the ferment, the ideological exploration and experimentation of one of the 1920s capitals of Europe, as opposed to the stochastic but rigid normie-core preference structure of everywhere else in America. I appreciate that.

So yeah, greetings from inner southeast ;)

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Post by defrost »

saulrh wrote: post #140
i_c_b wrote: post #88

This isn't even the first legitimately interesting video game connection to McDonalds, weirdly. Treasure is an influential game development studio that did a lot of really interesting work in the mid to late 90s, responsible for games like Gunstar Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Bangai-o, Silhouette Mirage, Dynamite Headdy, Mischief Makers, Alien Soldier, and others. They were a bunch of ex-Konami developers (who…

That game's music is particularly special. Listen to the final boss theme! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJaWgvWvvgc .

Not bad, ... but I was secretly hoping for a chip tunes cover of Pair-a-Buns by Mac Sabbath :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7kFfLRcHjU

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by acuozzo »

howlin wrote: post #126
bigyikes wrote: post #17

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Maybe the author likes retro games and fast food? The anti-corporatism shtick is so lame. Just because something is done by a massive corporation doesn’t make the thing bad. Just because something is an advertisement doesn’t make it bad. I think this is pretty cool. Maybe I’ll buy some McDonalds today too.

> I think this is pretty cool. Maybe I’ll buy some McDonalds today too. Plenty of people will have plenty of issues with a major corporation. But it's worth pointing out that McDonald's is one of the most prominent fast food chains which has no problem with animal abuse in terms of products from horribly treated livestock animals. They have trouble even making their french fries livestock-torture free . Maybe this is…

> They have trouble even making their french fries livestock-torture free

They haven't cooked their french fries in beef tallow since 1990.

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