Notices by Silver Spook Games (silverspookgames@mastodon.social), page 10

@lertsenem Yeah, super cool. Deus Ex is literally my favorite game of all time, so I'm going to have to try really hard not to explode.

Capitalism is a human rights violation.

@feonixrift True

@mirzaba Yeah this is a never-ending inner debate.

The best thing about being Silver Spook is that I don't need a seasonal promo name for Halloween.

The bad thing is people think I'm uncool seasonal promo Silver Spook 👻 :thounking:

I'm like that big green guy in the Avengers, but for Halloween.

"I'm always spooky" 😎

@mirzaba Yeah Itch is probably the best small-indie distribution places but you kind of need an existing fanbase or something. Or make something that the Itch crowd particularly, particularly likes.

@dartigen (Nothing against putting glitter on your nails of course!) 😂

@dartigen That's my mom, actually. She shops for clothes to make herself feel better and works insane hours to do it. It really saddens me to watch her working at nearly 70 to keep getting glitter nails and Macys crap.

@dartigen Yeah, I mean, in my country, people buy fifty pairs of (slave-made) name brand clothing for no other reason than cause that's what others do, then don't wear the clothing, and are filled with deep black voids in their heart and are deeply unhappy and need to take happy pills to fix it.

If making your own clothes keeps you from being sucked into that consumerist cycle, it is a net benefit alone.

@bob @dartigen Haha, yep exactly. The corollary I guess is the only ethical thing you can consume is your own stuff or your friends' stuff. (Which is why I only play my own games but that's just a byproduct of narcissism 😂 )

@dartigen I also try to grow my own food, even though I can't grow enough and need to shop at a grocery store. I know a lot of that produce was farmed by low-paid migrant workers who might be rounded up in a concentration camp right now. You can't have an iPhone or any device or the internet at all without participating in capitalism, slavery and enriching billionaires.

You just have to do what you can, and then let things lie.

@dartigen So I would say any amount of thing you can do yourself is better in the long run. Even if it's small. That's the way I see my indie game business. I didn't fuck anyone over for a percentage, cause I know I made everything in my games.