Anarchism and Videogames. Compatible?

There's nothing wrong with that. You just need to make a line between reality and fantasy ( which is really hard sometimes, personal expirience ).

Oh, what program do you use for designing animations ( 3D I guess ) and games generally ? I, myself, am really interested in making programs ( games included ) and I have been programming for 2-3 years.

Anarchy is freedom, feel free to do anything you like - even if it's having sex with Pikathcu doll Really, video-games can coexist with anarchy.

Cheers Make lots of fun games !

 

no offense, but when you write that there might not be any real anarchists in Chile where 14 are currently on trial, see 'caso bombas', whilst your concerned about yr pickachu seems a bit odd, to say the least.

moreover, I'm unsure what the link you provide is meant to demonstrate? Anyway, Zeitgeist is conspiraloonicy...

 

Dunno, video gaming is just another way to kill time, sometimes it got interesting and I fell some time for games like stalker, space colony or the sims 1 + 2 - but after a time or after the end of the story the whole thing is done and gets boring.
We did some modding on stalker in the past, trying to make those "Freedom" anarchists something else than cannon fodder, played around with the weapon arsenals and stuff - and got the hang of it again, it's just a game...
Guess I've never lost a thought about the right/wrong issue, I never liked the Pokemoon stuff because of their persisting promotion campaigns - if you like to run around and have duells with cute little somethings try ZANZARAH - it's ages old and vanished into oblivion despite great gaming and graphics.

And about the ZM taradiddle - it's very much the same over here in gurmoney, especially amongst the younger anarchists, it often gets depressing and dissapointing and cries for some bashing in the extreme cases - but still they are comrades, no matter how stupid they are because the stuff is still getting all around - and I guess the 14 comrades in Chile aren't in trouble for their believes in the ZM-hype... so lets continue to give them as much support as we can! \m/

 

Well, the act of playing the video game isn't "Anti-Anarchy" but purchasing them from a major retailer is. Might I suggest you

A. Pirate Your Games

B. Borrow your games/purchase your games from your friends

or

C. At the very least, purchase them from a local (Non Chain, stay away from Gamestop, Wal-Mart, etc. im sure you know what I mean) electronics store. If your gonna end up supporting capitalism, you might as well support the people who actually need the money. Small Business> Big Business

 

In My Opinion, for someone to tell you you can't play video games and be an Anarchist is theft. But at the same time supporting corporations is bad. So i would suggest going for open-sourced/out-of-print/free games to play. If you know anything about tech, you would know that the only limitations on what you play is what you as a person may know. Just because you own an Xbox, doesn't mean you have to buy Xbox games, you could crack the firmware and install whatever you want. The ps3 is AMAZINGLY crackable, and you can essentially install Linux on your ps3 and play games from there (Wine exists, you can play games on Linux). Anarchism is possible to achieve and still play games. There are tons of independent companies out there that don't focus on monetary gain, and some of them are so independent that they don't even have a studio or an actual company (In the case of Notch, which he makes Minecraft out of his house).

One of the major things to understand is keep your anarchist ideals everywhere, so don't trust big name companies like Nintendo, Activision, Electronic Arts, Bungie, Valve, and so on for non-corporate games. there is a world of games that exist that don't require purchase, and the creators of these games are normally average workers, not suits trying to steal your money

Now, there are several 1000 games on the internet that don't involve purchase from corporations. Dwarf Fortress is an awesome free game that is over-the-top difficult. As I stated Minecraft does involve purchase, but Notch is the only one getting the money. I Want To Be The Guy is another game which is free and really challenging. If you honestly want games that don't come from evil corporations, look for the indie game market (Stay off of Steam though, get your indie games from anywhere else but steam, Valve gets paid for displaying games on Steam, and lately has become a big name game company and slightly more evil, even though they are Independent).

If you really want to play corporate games, I suggest that you pirate them or to see if they are still in print. From my knowledge of American Copyright Laws, it is technically legal to download games that are out of Print because the original creators of the game no longer set it up for sale, and if you buy it, it's second hand. SO by all technicalities, you can pirate old out of print Mainstream games (SO most games before 2000 are now out of print, so that means the whole fucking library of the Golden Age of RPG's is available ). but for the rest of those, pirate the games or borrow them from a friend (as stated). Don't ever buy mainstream games though (Unless they are mainstream Indie games, which weirdly exists). It doesn't matter where you get your games from, Companies like Activison still get their pay for their creations.

Now on to indie games, you have to understand that most of the creators of Indie games are nerds in their 20's who want to make a game and not be a slave to game corporations. Do research on the companies and games before you jump the gun. Even though Indie Game Companies are still Companies and Corporations, they aren't that bad. If you jump the gun and declare indie game companies bad, then you are just an ass. Yes they may want a profit, but since the people that create indie games are normally a development team of <100 and everyone in the company loves their creations, and they don't try and rip you off like Big name Companies do (Black ops isn't not a step up from MW2, and really is the same game with little vehicle control differences and an Americanized story line), they aren't bad people. But be careful with indie game companies, Valve is still Independent and is the Apple of the Gaming world.

Lastly, MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES! If you do have the knowledge of coding and model working, make your own game! it's fun, I'm currently working on a Text-based RPG called Tyrant. I like it, and I want it to be fun, and may ask you guys to give it a run when I'm done coding it.

But yes, Video Games can coexist with Anarchy and so can Technology in general.

 

We aren't telling you you CAN'T do anything. We are just letting you know whats going on if you do. Play pokemon if you want to that bad, it dosen't make you any worse of a person.

 

Nothing is stopping you from making your own independent games. Also, purchase a DS off of Craigslist or from a friend. That way your money is going twards a fellow being rather than a corporation.

 

Hey bro, you don't have to go to that extreme! I want to become a programmer/designer too man! You can do what you want, just as long as you don't have wrongful intent, and you're not getting used!

Anarchism is about freedom, not restriction, you can do and be whatever you want! For us to tell you that it's completely wrong to fufill your dreams would make us as bad as the monsters that we rebel against.

You just have to be smart about what you do and buy. To be honest, the gaming industry isn't that horrid of an industry; it doesn't even compare to government and big business.

My dream is to program for Blizz. Since I was a kid, I played Diablo and Starcraft and that influenced who I was today. Just because I don't like the state and have anarchist ideals doesn't mean I have to hate them, unless they do something which would restrict me as a person from doing what I want to do.

You just have to look, read, and study on what you do, and what you want to do. You have to understand that most big name corps are evil, where they'll just abuse you for money, and don't care what you think, as long as you just consume.

Also i forgot to mention that local game stores that sell used games are ok. There are over 1000 neckbeards who just buy a game, play it through, and return it. So getting used games is ok.

You just have to think and be smart.

 

I play Warcraft III. Bummer is it runs on an AT&T server, and those fuckers give money to the republican party.

 

Be whatever you want. Why associate with any group? Be yourself. Who gives a fuck what a bunch of "Anarcho Punks" on a forum think of you? Believe what you believe and don't worry about fitting the cliches and standards of a group or organization.

 

But as I said, Tech can do anything if you know what to do and how to do it.

You can create W3 private servers, or play on private servers, you just have to know your tech

 

The companies won't get those things right for you and I guess I don't have to explain why they never will do that.
But reading through the posts I start asking myself how smart people can put so much effort, reasoning and energy into such a small problem like gaming while there is a whole life waiting for you with real people, real conflicts, work, activism and - fundamentally - real life in hard times waiting for you.
Maybe I should thank punk that I grew up before the entertainment industry - important part of the brainwash system - took blossom and started it's distractive work between the ears of postmodern people - but I would give a shit about if somebody would call me a "traitor of anarchism" for this little faux pas wasting time with a game.

 

I am really just going to reiterate what everyone else has been saying, but I feel the need to give input as I absolutely love video games.

I don't understand why you are beating yourself up over wanting to become a game designer, if any there there needs to be more anarchists getting into diverse businesses to break up the consistency of small businesses dealing with large corporations. As long as you feel morally decent with what you are pursuing there is no telling you what you can and can't do with your life. Of course it would be a little hard to work for Capcom for example and convince the entire franchise to distribute only to small businesses but if you design your own games and only deal with smaller businesses I don't see why you would say you're supporting the world market.

When I buy video games I usually buy online or from second hand stores except in the case of Pokemon White in which I pre-ordered directly from Game Freak because I couldn't wait to play it, and by the way it is definitely the best game I've played all year.

When you say "I realized there might not even be any real anarchists in Chile at all!" The only response I can come up with is that, of course there are no real anarchists, we are all living in a world that implements laws and societal norms on us that we simply can no shake by changing our political ideology. Of course we can do our absolute best to eliminate these boundaries but nobody can claim themselves as 100% anarchist in all departments until governmental structure has been eliminated. I realize a lot of you are probably going to beat me up over that comment but I do not care, part of life on this shitty planet is being tainted by the man.

Overall, please keep playing your games. Anarchy is freedom, if anyone tells you you can't play your games frak them. Do what you please because without freedom of choice we've got nothing.