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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I saw a game on there called Big Ambitions, some kind of tycoon game where you're building businesses. The game starts by you having a wealthy uncle who gives you $13k and tells you to get a job for two days before having his friend give you a $15k loan to open a store selling cheap souvenirs from the wholesaler down the street.

It really is a capitalism simulator. I've been taking notes all night and the only one seems to be "Have an uncle".

edit: Actually, everyone should pirate it. It's not a bad game, in the vein of The Guild II, and I like the unspoken message about capitalism. I live in a studio apartment my uncle pays for, drive my uncle's car which I can't afford to repair, and the only economical food option for me is hamburgers from the grill between my souvenir shop and my empty apartment. I bought a business before I took a single course in business administration, and taking that course at the only university means spending $80/hr to sit in an empty room using a computer.

Despite all of that, I fancy myself a capitalist and my uncle is breastfeeding me to greatness. It's so goddamn bleak.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

Big Ambitions is such a silly game, watching northerlion play it was a hoot

[-] spectre@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

Have it on my wishlist seems like some good dum fun

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

It's too janky and bare bones to recommend buying, but it's interesting enough to pirate and fuck around with for a couple hours.

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