• TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    15 hours ago

    Side point: pirate corporate shit without guilt, but also be adventurous and find alternatives at the same time. Pirating corporate media isn’t directly giving them money but reinforces their hegemony.

    Elevating indie media – whatever you find that speaks to you – is a real way to fight back.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      15 hours ago

      I’ve been spending a lot more time on indie media. Did you know they made Dave Made a Maze (2017) for under half a million? That’s insane to me.

      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        15 hours ago

        Same! Right now I’m playing Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore. It’s only $5 right now on GOG (Windows-only, but works great on Linux; even vanilla WINE hasn’t shown any problems).

        It’s a love letter to the Zelda CDi games that even gets the original actors for Zelda (intro) and Link (tutorial) as cameos. They got an artist from the original games to work on it, and the artstyle, music, gameplay, etc. are all an homage to the original games. The game’s lead creator had previously unofficially remastered the CDi games and (based on what I’ve played so far) clearly adores them for the absolute mess they are.

        I wasn’t sure about it when I got it, but it’s so worthwhile if you get any joy out of the CDi games’ ridiculousness but never wanted to endure their abysmal gameplay. Solid 7.5/10 – where 5/10, not 7/10, is average.

  • youcantreadthis@quokk.auEnglish
    9·
    15 hours ago

    A few years ago during the writers strikes i remember going to the picket line to support organized labor. i was talking to a union functionary outside… I think cbs or abc studios in los angeles. Dont quote me on which one it was.

    While we spoke the union functionary ordered the picket line to part for a studio van to go over a driveway into the studio.

    I politely asked the union functionary “what the fuck? Why did you let that car through?” The union functionary replied that it was illegal to let the car through. The union functionary then implied i was a cop, because i suggested ‘doing something illegal’.

    The writers along with the crew and actors who stood in solidarity with them arranged no street theatre, no low budget or charity productions to attack bosses or support strike funds, not so much as podcasts in their favor.

    If you pay for these services, you are paying capital… The writers actors and crew dont even seriously want a cut of the money. Theyre certainly not getting it. Paying for media is anti-labor.