Why Piracy Fears are Keeping Some Researchers from Accessing the Games They Need ["Academics want to research games from wherever they are, but the ESA is fighting back."] (www.ign.com)

submitted 6 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Pheta@fedia.io 14 points 6 months ago

man, some of those comments really got under my skin.

Like, they were so insensitive to the issue and dismissive it was honestly pretty alarming. Like they couldn't understand why you can't just go and buy a copy of an unpopular NES game, or why academic study is even a good thing. Like, these are the illiterate, inbred stereotypes that resent having to do book reports because 'they don't read good'. It'd be comical if it wasn't alarming.

this post was submitted on 17 May 2024

68 points (97.2% liked)

PC Gaming

8551 readers

458 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

Be Respectful.
No Spam or Porn.
No Advertising.
No Memes.
No Tech Support.
No questions about buying/building computers.
No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
No off-topic posts/comments.
Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

EXiLExJD@lemmy.ca

UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca

KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com