OP Game Guy

Nick Hogg

 

Buy Nothing
in Games

s a gamer, I fully support Buy

Nothing Day: it’s a core value at

the heart of all gamers. So when
Buy Nothing Day rolls around, I urge you
not only to avoid buying stuff, but also to
avoid buying video games. That’s right,
we must show companies in the digital
world like Shindra and The Rose Queen
Company that we aren’t just corporate
slaves. So, join me on November 26th
and don’t spend a single rupee, gold
piece, yen, or loonie.

Many gamers out there ate too
dependent on the merchants in their
games, too, but you must break free, and
not support those greedy digital bastards.
I frequently hear complaints that you
constantly need new potions and new
equipment, but the fact is that all the best
equipment in the majority of games can
be found for free, so think about that.
The merchants don’t sell you the best
equipment, they just steal your money
and give you crap. My suggestion to you
is to go out and continually fight mon-
sters that drop potions and healing items.
Don’t even get me started about inns;
they make you pay to sleep there, even
though you can go and lie in the bed.
Why, you ask? Because those greedy mer-
chants own the inns and will not let you
sleep until you pay them. If you try to
sleep for free they, will poke you with a
stick,

If you think games vary so much that
you couldn’t possibly go one day without
buying them, well, you’re so wrong that
you should have to face a random boss
encounter, with less than half health. Yes,
you heard me, that’s how wrong you are.

 

Now go away and be
ashamed of yourself. Take
Star Ocean as an example,
instead of just buying
healing, I suggest
spending several hours
fighting random
encounters to build up
the items you need to
make healing items,
and in another few
hours you'll be ready
with enough items to
get you through 30
minutes of random
encounters. Some of
you ate all whiny
because you think you
need shiny new equipment
since the boss monsters
are too hard. But you
are wussies.

That’s the effect of
the merchants’ brain-
washing you into thinking the
armour and swords that they sell
ate what you need. For a resource-
ful gamer, I suggest just stealing
stuff from monsters before you
murder them for the gold and expe-
rience points contained in their
monster heads. You may also ask
what to do with your surplus of
currency if you don’t spend it on
healing items and trips to the inn.
The problem is that most gamers
are too theme-centric. Sure, you’re
on a quest to save the world, but
have you ever stopped to think
about homelessness in games? No,
you haven’t. I know you haven't,
because that’s just the kind of per-
son you are. I suggest you help one
of the homeless NPCs that spend
their days wondering around town
telling you useful things like, “There
are many guards in the castle,” or
some other crap you never both-
ered to pay attention to, probably
involving “Spoony Bards.”

So when Buy Nothing Day rolls
around, show your support by not
buying any items within the genre
of video games. That means you'll
have to pass on the bombs and red
potions in Ze/da, forego the buying
of materia from Shinra, say no to
those delicious healing items from
the Rose Queen Shops, and send a
clear message to the merchants of

games.

 

  

 

 

You are not alone

The Students’ Union’s Pride Collective
provides resources for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgendered students at the college. The Collective
meets Thursdays at 3:00 in room 328 in the students’
union building at the New Westminster Campus.
All lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered,
questioning and allied students are welcome.

Douglas Students’ Union

Canadian Federation of Students Local 18

 

november au/aoow