tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post754776874339602537..comments2024-03-21T19:59:49.407-04:00Comments on KoopaTV: Ted Cruz's Candy Crush Craziness Disqualifies CandidacyLudwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-29538158669365468752016-02-03T12:34:35.558-05:002016-02-03T12:34:35.558-05:00There's also the fact that someone DID pay upf...There's also the fact that someone DID pay upfront for the arcade machine: The arcade operator.<br /><br />In a way, you can see arcades as a rental model for players.<br /><br />Mobile trash just portray the total lack of value in a game. With people having no value expectations, the quality and scale of games would only go down.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-8298796644859014522016-02-03T11:50:10.572-05:002016-02-03T11:50:10.572-05:00Now I really understand the differences between mi...Now I really understand the differences between microtransactions and quarters at an arcade. I has having difficulties trying to figure out the distinction between them.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-15017524626932763802016-02-03T11:02:30.506-05:002016-02-03T11:02:30.506-05:00I only skim Award's posts at this point. They&...I only skim Award's posts at this point. They're... really long, and probably for the sake of being long. I feel like you can communicate your point in a more efficient way.<br /><br />But yeah, mobile games basically degenerate value and it's pretty much a race to $0, creating this mindset in the culture that videogames aren't inherently worth anything because you're getting every game for free. <br /><br />But folks need to make money somehow. If you are looking at it from the traditional $ amount being correlated to value perspective, then the game is less valuable than a costume or continue-jewels or whatever.<br /><br />This is unlike the arcade where it was a quarter per try, making every try as valuable as the last, and you need a try to start. Arcade basically is designed for you to lose at certain points, say, every other level. So it's like the up-front cost of a videogame is spread throughout your experience. Oh, I just beat levels 1 and 2 but got a game over on 3. Better put another quarter in. This'll pay for 3 and 4.<br /><br />That's very different than saying a continue is more valuable than the starting-product, especially when the game is shallow to begin with. As mobile games are.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-35307282102287468522016-02-03T10:52:43.459-05:002016-02-03T10:52:43.459-05:00I just wanted to say that thanks to users like Awa...I just wanted to say that thanks to users like Award over at Squidboards, I finally understand why mobile games are horrible for video games as a whole.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-34630356620500140782016-01-28T16:05:38.250-05:002016-01-28T16:05:38.250-05:00Hm, maaaaybe!
(Nah.)Hm, maaaaybe!<br /><br />(Nah.)Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-5306022729186266922016-01-28T14:43:41.592-05:002016-01-28T14:43:41.592-05:00I can't ever disassociate King's Candy Cru...I can't ever disassociate King's Candy Crush and trying to trademark the word Candy with King Candy. Was Disney trying to warn us back then?ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-22589342886652991852016-01-28T09:02:39.526-05:002016-01-28T09:02:39.526-05:00And Activision is all the more happy to inherit th...And Activision is all the more happy to inherit that operation.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-36898198975532596542016-01-28T05:08:18.316-05:002016-01-28T05:08:18.316-05:00This was kings plan all along! They want to mind c...This was kings plan all along! They want to mind control important peoole to obey their wills! ...m or just to get tons of money from the mini transactionsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00125819899586359661noreply@blogger.com