Yes, I know about the very real possibility that we could see America going down the path of hell tomorrow, but I feel like there is something good that I know has happened - about why we are here.
I still think if there is one victory that still endures in my mind, it's the one we had against Sweet Baby Inc. earlier this year. I did wonder if steam was actually going to be pressured into kicking the curator off of steam. And I think it was a wise choice not to, since it would have become another blow to their reputation on top of admitting to people that they don't own their games a month or so ago. Now that these consultancy firms are trying to avoid notice, people are getting more active in looking for games that are written by consultancy firms and funded by government initiatives, spreading the word whenever possible.
And that's not the only good thing that happened. Both famous flops like Concord and Dustborn and lesser ones like Capes have given signs that people seem to understand the problems we are having, even if developers are missing as much as possible. It's even spread to in-development games like Assassin's Creed: We Wuz Samurai, where Ubisoft completely shot themselves in the foot with their buckshot of forced multiculturalism, and the delays show that they aren't having a good time, and it might be the death knell of Ubisoft in the same way that Return: to form (Dragon Age: the Veilguard) might be the end of Bioware despite how much they prop up their sales numbers.
Hell, I think people are getting less and less tolerant of major publishers and developers in general trying to force anything onto them - not just wokeness. Bethesda is stagnating horribly, EA has become even more borderline memetic for their bad displays, Sony killed a profitable game by making people log into PSN for it, the list goes on.
So, at the very least, I have a whitepill: Even if Kamala gets in, she won't be able to save the growing list of AAA flops that deserved it that we have seen this year from financial failure. Joe Biden certainly didn't care and probably couldn't. Even if we are unable to save the USA tonight, we at least have something we are winning. Some may see it as a small comfort in the bigger picture, but I feel that it means that we won't be able to be shut out entirely.
Culture is slowing down but it's still moving left. BG3 was woke af and cemented pronouns and modern day diversity in medieval fantasy games.
That alone means most modern day games are dead to me. It's hard to celebrate that.
As for elections, I don't care that much. Trump wins we get 4 years of enjoying the left impeaching Trump and walls closing in. It will not impact culture, it will not make the media honest, it will not stop anti-white hatred. It will not impact the man-hating feminists.
If Kamala becomes president, we get about the same just with more immigration and worse economy.
Enjoy leftists getting mad. Also enjoy future students getting mad now that there are two presidents with split presidencies.
Sadly this won't happen but Biden has the opportunity to troll everyone and make everybody wrong. Imagine if he resigned right after election day. All that Trump merch, with 45, 47 on it? That'd be wrong. Hillary won't get her chance at first female president. And history will remember the first female president was not elected president.
Just like Kim Campbell in Canada, lolz!
So Trump sells millions more merch? The existing ones become heirloom collector items, doubleplus good!
Every bit of data we have suggests that the culture is pushing rightwards by the youth, not just in America but across the world, as they are rebelling against a woke establishment. When it comes to video games, I may be bankrupted by the government to bail out banks, airlines, car manufacturers, pensions, and the welfare state; but no Bethesda. Fundamentally, the game industry will always be allowed to collapse because it's a less connected entertainment industry than the WNBA, and the audience is probably more rightward than other mediums at this point.
We are winning the long war. Eventually, we need to win the long march too.
Videogames and entertainment tech is really useful to make predictions because it's usually about 3-4 years ahead of everyone else. I love Nintendo because they make the most movement. The big E3 presentation was their idea. Then Nintendo Direct. Now they're touring malls with upcoming games.
Sweet Baby Inc just partnered with a massive hedge fund or some other globalist borg with many billions of dollars.