Artists and performers need the freedom to be able to chase viable opportunities that excite them. You’re watching them for their passion after all. If they get paid better to do it, great. This is their job, after all.

And of those, Smite is the only real comparison.

Yeah, I actually think about this. People recognize that time is a dimension of our reality, but ask: why does it only move forward? But wat if it doesn’t? What if we go backwards and forwards often? But our memories are “unmade” when moving backwards and “remade” when moving forwards. We simply can only perceive the forward direction.

Microsoft is declared a monopoly (again). Firefox has to find new funding (again)

Are you saying in 80 years when Blizzard is no more they should release all the code to run your own WoW MMO servers?

The only way PC gaming is not affordable to the average person is if they’re playing AAA titles. I have a GTX 780 worth ~$60 that I still use to play many indie titles like Party Animals, Planet Crafters, Stardew Valley, Lethal Company, Content Warning, etc.