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Throne of Games
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#2I like these somewhat exaggerated readings of the extremes of consumer culture, were the central conceit is to read ads as if it's serious and ignore the centuries of context that tells us that a sales copy is so much bullshit.
I mean, it takes a very determined mind to come up with a sales pitch for that ridiculous scorpion chair outside of a sci-fi set, it doesn't look like something you easily get out of to got to the toilet.
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#3I like these somewhat exaggerated readings of the extremes of consumer culture, were the central conceit is to read ads as if it's serious and ignore the centuries of context that tells us that a sales copy is so much bullshit. I mean, it takes a very determined mind to come up with a sales pitch for that ridiculous scorpion chair outside of a sci-fi set, it doesn't look like something you easily get out of to got to…
Also it's probably not built to last - otherwise it would cost a fortune(not that the $3k+ isn't already a lot, but the closest thing to this that I can think of - a dental chair - usually starts at twice the price).
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#4I like these somewhat exaggerated readings of the extremes of consumer culture, were the central conceit is to read ads as if it's serious and ignore the centuries of context that tells us that a sales copy is so much bullshit. I mean, it takes a very determined mind to come up with a sales pitch for that ridiculous scorpion chair outside of a sci-fi set, it doesn't look like something you easily get out of to got to…
Also, it looks very fragile.
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#5I was trying to think why mid way the article links to an online casino. Then I remembered how many years ago I took a couple hundred dollars to drop a similar link.
Yes that's right, I think this entire article was written and financed by that one link.
Online casinos need seo juice. They will pay for semi relevant links in blog posts written for such a purpose.
As you can see, none of this is related to gambling itself. The casino just wants website quality points, they have a budget and the author had something to say.
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#6I recently got my son a chair from DXRacer. When homework due to Corona first started, one of the first things I did was to buy a proper Herman-Miller office chair for myself. He immediately wanted one too, but splurging $1000 on a fancy chair for my son was a bit much, so instead he got a much cheaper gaming chair, and he now considers it a better chair than mine.
I'm totally aware it lacks the range of motion my chair has, though.
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#7I like these somewhat exaggerated readings of the extremes of consumer culture, were the central conceit is to read ads as if it's serious and ignore the centuries of context that tells us that a sales copy is so much bullshit. I mean, it takes a very determined mind to come up with a sales pitch for that ridiculous scorpion chair outside of a sci-fi set, it doesn't look like something you easily get out of to got to…
Sure, that scorpion chair is utterly ridiculous, but man does it look cool. And a chair that switches between upright and reclining position, while adjusting the position of your screen to match; I can certainly see the attraction in that.
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#8I like these somewhat exaggerated readings of the extremes of consumer culture, were the central conceit is to read ads as if it's serious and ignore the centuries of context that tells us that a sales copy is so much bullshit. I mean, it takes a very determined mind to come up with a sales pitch for that ridiculous scorpion chair outside of a sci-fi set, it doesn't look like something you easily get out of to got to…
Sure, that scorpion chair is utterly ridiculous, but man does it look cool. And a chair that switches between upright and reclining position, while adjusting the position of your screen to match; I can certainly see the attraction in that.
When I looked at that chair my reaction was...
Hey, I saw this on HN some days ago!
Yep, another guy made a "lay down desk", and explained his reasons that the only way to make it work right was with a scorpion-like design.
The scorpion-chair looks like a industrialized version of the "lay down desk" wooden "prototype".
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#9The "ultimate outcome" of all "dynamics" is death. Human lives are finite. And with all the very pointed and worthwhile critiques there are to be made of the video game industry, from its labor practices to its exploitation of customers to its constant evasion of legislation and more, it's remarkable this author should do such a poor job of identifying any of them.
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#10I was trying to think why mid way the article links to an online casino. Then I remembered how many years ago I took a couple hundred dollars to drop a similar link. Yes that's right, I think this entire article was written and financed by that one link. Online casinos need seo juice. They will pay for semi relevant links in blog posts written for such a purpose. As you can see, none of this is related to gambling it…
I think you're giving the author too much credit, both for the quality of the work and for the rate of pay. But I'm glad you talked about the grift; I hadn't spotted it.