Eric Barone is like the guy I want to become, but by my own work.

I do not want to be a copycat of him, but just someone who can

rely on himself completely on success and failures.

He really motivates me to keep up even in the face of difficulties.

And I don't have a programming background like him.

But I have so many ideas to put in reality.

I just can't stay irrelevant forever.

Just my two thoughs about it.

Plus watch the interview, he is really honest about his work!

I'm single.

I didn't knew until now that Sum 41 disbanded. Plus the fact they went on their farewell tour

until 30 January 2025. In Toronto.. The final and last time they would ever play together.

If I would have known. I could have went there to see them. Since it's not that fucking far for me.

God I am so sad to discover this fact..

I got to be honest, the simpsons are barely making any sense to me now.

The fact the humour is gone (Wish was why I loved it so much) then all

the characters are slowly starting to either degrading, disappears or

being erased. Damn, even the timeline is now turning against itself.

It's dead, the whole concept of the simpsons is being kept alive by pure

necromancy.. By the present owners. Who let it just be said.

They don't care, they really don't care about the simpsons.

Damn even the finale season is not even a finale season.

Plus the idea that Homer is now a Millennial is completely bullshit.

What is the simpsons in this era? A borderline parody of itself?

It's not.

The timeline shouldn't have been made, even in that concept.

A episodic show that don't change in the time it was set.

Can't even keep up with the new technology and so on.

To me, the simpsons died when Principal Skinner wasn't Principal Skinner

anymore. The first major sign of losing it's identity.

There is no more punch lines, no more packed jokes that made me laughs like

hell in the early 2000s. It's just a pop culture reference and it is staying as a

zombie show because of nolstagia of what it was.

If I was the lead directive of that show now, I would made like 2 more seasons.

1st part will be to wrap up every mysteries, characters that were never fully

fleshed out or gived credits for years.

Bring closure to possible. Then the last season will bring every jokes possible until

the finale episode where it's a good bye to the audience.

I wish it would ends that way, because I am sick of the lack of closing the loop.

And it will make people care about the Simpsons.

Just saying I wish to everyone a great monday and you can do it!

The only mention of EA makes me feel like someone just smell bads in the corner of the room.

And I want to throw him out of my home.

But no, EA always found a way to come back in my house.

You know why Dead Space 3 sucked? EA.

You know why Star Wars Battlefront never got another good sequel. EA.

You know why The Simpsons Hit and Run never got a remake/sequel ?

EA.

Even the Sims sequels are lesser and lesser of what they are..

It's like EA hate anything that is good and just buy out anything

to seal it under their chest. Like filthy goblins.

I just don't like them! EA sports games are even worthless today!

They even forgot to change the year on which "reskinned"

202X basket ball game they made.

I am just so fucking tired of seeing EA exist. IF there is one company

I want to shut the fuck down, it's EA!

Because once they shut down, someone might get their IPs and do shit with it

that is even more important that EA will ever do with it.

And Warner Brothers suck ass! The fact the nemesis system is patented

by them and they do fucking nothing with it for so long piss me off.

These companies are useless. They are just here to grab the money,

being fucking predators that look for a weak prey and make sure

they got the best options for themselves. So no one else can

do shit with whats good!

And they don't make anything great. No, they just sell for high price

games that are so fucking mediocre.

I just want EA to get boycotted, so they fucking stop being so scummy and

worthless without consequences.

Alright and I really just fucking want a Simpsons Hit and Run remake that bad.

Even the creator of the simpsons game hit and run wants to make it as well.

But dogshit EA doesn't do anything! I hate these retards!

It's official. From now on, I classify my artstyle as Internet Noir.

Thank you @KittyhawkMontrose for the suggestion~ Love you!

Just to say it before I start writing all the details. This is not a rant or just an opinion.

But my goal is to save what we have left for now in the video game world.

I might put some context in my view on the past/present and then say

what I aim for as someone who is trying to become a game developper myself.

-What is a video game-

Well, in obvious respond to that. A video game is a program to entertain us.

To have fun, to be distracted. To get "out" of the real world and to lost ourself

"in" a world we care.

It's like a in-universe, where we feel disconnected to the real world's problems.

-What is a video game industry-

It is mainly based on making a profit on a large group of people, aiming mostly at what will stick on the wall

and people will be impressed enough to buy it. Since video games started for like nearly 50 years.

The industry settled with standards, moderation and even laws to enforce what is produced.

-What is the limits of a game-

A game is mostly limited to the size of the file it can be in, or by the moderation or the thematic

it has been involved with. In general, one de factor that limits the game is the creativity of its

creator(s) and who push them to do so.

-Who control the gaming industry-

The gamers. No, not the companies or the developpers and so on. A game is a game if someone plays it.

If not, it is just a mere object to be left in the dark. Companies seems to not understand this very well..

Even after 50 years of data that can show how it works right.

-Why creativity is dying-

Because the creativity is mostly too costy for.. Well, how can I put this in a very meaningful way.

Oh yeah, the shareholders of a company that gives zero fuck about creativity.

Or something similar that goes in that same lenght, video games are not what they used to be.

Outside world view is being shoehorned in the "In" world. Which destroy the immersion.

Then the people in control of the IP force the developpers to put things that will never

work as intended.

The few developpers that remain creative. Are those who do everything by themselves.

Minecraft started by being a indie game.. Funny enough. The moment the IP got

sold to Microsoft, all the creativity became very superficial.

More into aesthetic and avoiding new game mechanics.. Ever since Notch left the house

and sold the key to the greedy new owner.

-What is the future of gaming-

It will depends on the gamers entirely. What they buy, is what they want.

This is the core of the video game industry, if money didn't existed in that

equation. Gaming wouldn't be as impactful as it is.

Let's not forget "Fun" is the predominant factor that change the whole formula.

If a company remove the gamers the rights to own their games after buying.

Why the fuck would they buy it?

If the company put a higher price to one game/console. That is too high for the

majority of the gamers..

Why would they buy it?

It is simple, gaming is entertainment. Not. A necessity for survival.

Just a way to relax after a hard day at work were everyone gives a shit about you

or what you may wish to enjoy.

A game is about enjoyment. Either comfort, feeling good, empowered and or horrified

regardless of the outside world.

Game is about feeling emotions that you only experience from video games.

It never was about the profit or the numbers that show how much you

are worth in Wall Streets.

In the video game world, money is not the question.

Having fun is.

Do I have fun in a game that makes me grind to fight a boss that I won't even remember

after I beat it? Nope.

Do I have fun to buy a 90$ game like Mario Kart. That I only play for 5 minutes and then feeling like

I wasted money on. Nope.

And the problem with all these thing is the fact most of these "mediocre" games aim at

what is relevant. Not at the experience. Some use nolstagia or use stereotypes

to stay some what here in the sea of video games..

But never remain as good as the former games gen did.

We are losing the fundation of gaming.. Through the people who give zero fuck

about gaming at all.

Creativity need to come back from where it was. In the garage where daddy

work on his new bike. Where nobody but his kids or wife can enter to see what he

is doing by himself.

Then when the day comes, he test it out if the bike can ride far.

And if it doesn't, he put it back in the garage. Go make love his wife

then return later next month to make the bike better again.

Creativity isn't hard. It just take time and patience.

I fucking hate companies who bat an eye on my opinion and

want just to see something that sells quick.

A true masterpiece is made by someone who knows the shit out of it

and follow their guts.

Who ever have an idea that is brilliant in video gaming. Need to make it real.

-Companies are trying to control everything-

Warner Brothers. Patented the nemesis system. A concept so fucking good.

That they have the rights to it.. And literally destroy the developpers who

made it and will never fucking use the nemesis system, ever.

Nintendo sue anyone who use Mario or anything Nintendo related..

Even the concept of catching creatures with a ball or something similar enough.

And, we are losing the right to hold the games we have.

Fuck. Even CD or catridge are going to become empty husk

that won't have the whole fucking game in it.

Just to make physical games obsolete.

Companies are ruthless with the control scheme. Banning the smash mod community.

Stopping the emulation/game history preservation.

I mean, companies do not want the history to be preserved and then the young people

realise they are being ripped off..

The writing is on the walls.

Those who are taking control initiatives, are really trying to kill off the freedom we have..

Well, almost used to have. It's in progress right now.

Once Nintendo set the Switch 2, this is going to be 2x or 4x harder.

Only Steam is going to make this freedom we have just a little bit longer.

But once he pass out. It's over.

Even Internet History is being attacked, emulation sites are getting shut down.

But not all is lost yet.

I wish this was not silently being push and ignored by the powerful. But they

won't even bother about it.

The non-gamers see games as a distraction, even a child's habit some may even say.

But the real problem is about who is in the right to remove such freedom to own

what you bought.. Literally theft with extra steps.

If this translate to the whole industry of ownership, like housing. Cars.

Parenting and your free will. (I doubt it will as far as this.)

But if everything you buy, isn't yours.

Do you really want something that is as hollow as this illogical?

Not me. I think the time is right for developpers to create games

that are not expensive, great in the experience and that creativity

florish.

Balatro did a good job so far. Game all made by himself and he won an award

for it !

I hope more developpers aren't going to sell out and do something like ConcernedApe

or LocalThunk did.

We need more of these guys in the video game life blood.

Personaly, I think the big companies are struggling to

stay relevant.

And I am all happy to see them, of all the bunch. To fucking fail !

I started to watch his videos for like a month or so. And I'm always amazed by how much

his sculptures turns out!