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Okay I'm not trying to sound like a CHUD or anything, but I can see that the value in an economy based game fest. There are lots of games where making numbers bigger, management of assets and resources, that sort of legitimate genre that is popular and fun for all sorts of players. It's an appealing and worthwhile space for play. Personally I don't dig it, but there are plenty of katz who do, and that's cool.
That said, why not just call it Economy Fest or something? Throwing in the C-Word just dilutes the scope and vision. There is more than one way to do economics, and saying Capitalism and Economy kinda says that Capitalism is the only form of economy.
An economy fest could be good.
But this is a capitalism fest. Really it’s “economy” that’s diluting the scope.
A frustratingly accurate point. It's really sad to that neoliberalism and capitalism have utterly captured the very idea of economy and economics as a whole. I think games like Roadwarden also Steam show a slightly different version of economy. Also NORCO I think shows the effects of economy in a really interesting way.
Even with all its flaws I do like games like "No Man's Sky" and especially without its flaws "The Outer Worlds" that both at least challenge the narrative of what a space game can be.
The thing is, this is a weird liberal version that puts a direct and intrinsic emphasis on money, when an "economy" is a much broader category of systems focused on many different things. It may as well be purpose-built to project faux-liberal capitalism into both the past and future.