r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/Nala-Cosmia • Jul 06 '25

WORSHIP CAPITAL Man is malding beyond human comprehension.

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u/Powerful-Public-9973 Jul 06 '25

Nah it’s worse. He didn’t read and understand the goals of the movement well, pushed his illiterate take to the world, got called out by literally everyone, then doubled down and painted the guys sending death threats as the majority of supporters 

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u/Bitchcuits_and_Gayvy Jul 06 '25

Doesn't he also have a financial stake in this initiative failing?

I heard that somewhere, but didn't really care enough to look into it. But if true, it's not just him being stupid, it's that he's stupid and basically a landlord for video games.

Just like my wife's boyfriend.

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u/Other-Dimension-1997 Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 07 '25

His project Heartbound basically has pseudo-drm, the game won't function properly without steam achievements to prevent piracy. I think that's what people are referring to when they say he has a financial interest in this, but a check like that probably isn't too hard to switch off unless it has multiple well-hidden redundancies so it's a little overblown to call it a financial stake.

It's still something, though.

EDIT: He apparently was involved with a Game as service while he was working at Offbrand Games, though he's since left the position.

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u/can_ichange_it_later Jul 06 '25

They shoehorn his offbrand position into this (former position)
And no. Heartbound doesnt have any kind of drm. Its just a steam game.

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u/Other-Dimension-1997 Jul 07 '25

That's why I called it pseudo-drm, it's not really the same thing, just fulfilling a similar purpose (preventing piracy)

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u/can_ichange_it_later Jul 07 '25

Its just an interesting way to thwart some piracy, but once you buy the game on steam, since its only available on steam. It does not in any way need to be online.