Showing posts with label video games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video games. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

While you were gaming: Game industry and the next financial collapse

What, how and when? How could this ever happen? You might think all of a sudden. By the time you read this the worst must've happened already. Oh, wait, it's well past the speed bump we experienced back in 2008, the sub-prime crisis, which was paved over by bail-outs, financial stimulus and accounting alchemy.


Yes, financial crash similar to the 1930's could happen and most people in that case would be in a much worse place, in so much so that they'd tough to manage even their daily lives yet to have time develop and produce games and for crowds and consumers to have funds and time to play these titles is unimaginable. There's always that possibility. Are you ready? Can you survive? What if your suburb, city becomes a death trap of the walking dead looking for means to survive even few days? Do you not see rioting even over trivial matters in the US? Won't there be riots after the Presidential election? Then what about a financial collapse unlike anything we've seen yet.


I'm not all over this dystopic view of the near future, however what I'm telling you here is not fear porn, but cold reality. You can ask yourself whether you can survive, by what means and for how long. Can you help others, family and friends etc. The gaming industry will have it tough no matter what, even in the case that consumers' median income stumbles with economic downturn, layoffs and such, globalization and it's ugly downside that has led to more wars, radicalization and inequality.



Can you therefore imagine yourself in a such predicament? A putting on a new video soon about this very topic. In the meantime you can look at some the vids on the series I've put this blog post.


Even though this is merely a layman's view of things with a hint of critical thinking, I wholeheartedly recommend everybody preparing themselves both in terms of mentality and physical supplies to last an era of societal and economic uncertainty because of all the signs point towards the implosion of the current rigged financial system. I want to stress as well that instead of a full blown collapse similar to the Great recession, there might be a serious stumble in stocks, shock and a transition period to a new financial system that will hopefully be reformed to suit the majority of people of this planet.

New video last but not least:



Saturday, August 20, 2016

New series premiere: While you were gaming...

I'm starting a new series on my Fmips19 channel that focuses on current real life events. Sometimes I can connect real life and online activities and what contingencies these real life events might have to one's video gaming lifestyle or life in general in Western societies in the Americas and in Europe.

My point of view is Westerner. Well, of course, I live in Europe. I can relate to the Precariat or folks who have enough time play video games and appreciate them.

First episode will discuss recent ground-braking events in Turkey, where supposedly US-backed gulenite (named after mastermind preacher imam Fethullah Gülen) faction tried to overthrow another NATO countries elected yet authoritarian government. This coup failed and led to crackdown on resonators of conspiracy which basically means all opposition to Erdogan.



So far the crackdown against intelligentsia, gov't workers and army personnel continues. Inflamed Turkish ties with Russia are in the middle of reset over downed Russian fighter in Syria. Policy towards toppling Assad regime in Syria by assisting ISIL and other jihadist groups may be overturned which is a huge blowback towards US, Israel and Gulf-region led plan to overthrow Bashar al-Assad. Russia, Iran and Turkey might find a way to implement peace in Syria. US is moving its nukes out of Incirlick NATO airforce base.

I'll add the first video as soon as it appears online.