Look into Skywind and rejoice 😊

I kind of like the way “reducles” sounds in my head. “Rih-duck-uls”

reducles reducles reducles

Oh, of course. I don’t think I’m doing some major thing by pirating a game, I promise. Though, to be entirely honest, there are so many games out there and so little time to play them all, I might as well just focus on the games that don’t make me feel dirty.

I should clarify I’m not calling for a boycott; thinking realistically, I believe the gaming community is way too large/relatively uninformed for something like that to work. I’m simply trying to be mindful about how I spend my money.

For WotC, it’s a combination of their OGL licensing controversy and them sending the Pinkertons to someone’s house to threaten them over Magic cards.

It sounds like you’re struggling with the same ethical dilemmas that I am, and you’re doing the best you can to consider your purchases as you make them. I think donating to the Trevor Project is an incredible way to spend your money.

As you seem like someone that aligns with me in some ways, do you have any game recommendations that don’t cause either of us to “feel the ick,” so to speak?

Haha, this is a fair response. I’m considering it for the companies that make me feel more icky, but whose games seem really fun.

Thank you for your comfort. I think I’m trying to hold myself to realistic standards. When I can choose, and the options are many - such as with media - I feel I can cut out the options which don’t align with my values. As I stated elsewhere, I cannot hold myself to this standard with food and clothing. The ethically-pure options are too limited to result in a realistic and affordable lifestyle for me.

You illustrate your point very well, and with it you’ve helped me make a more clear decision. Your emphasis on the ability to choose, the luxury of multiple options, has clarified for me that I do in fact have quite a few options. I can chop out Acti-Blizz, JK Rowling, and WotC and still have tons of great sources of media. I have so many other choices.

With clothing as you’ve stated - and I think food applies here as well - I don’t have much in the way of choice unless I want to make my own clothes/grow my own food - and I do not have the skills for that.

But with video games, which themselves are a luxury, I can stand to be a little more picky. I can always pirate the games later :)

My friends keep telling me that getting the game is unethical because it supports Wizards, so I’ve not gotten it yet. I know Wizards is shitty and sent the Pinkertons to someone’s house, but does this game actually directly support them? Can anyone here weigh in on this? Should I just pirate the game instead? It looks fun, but I also don’t want to put my money in a bad place.

This is really fascinating. The brain is truly such a complex tool that we can do so much with. I appreciate you sharing your story/stories with us. The brain hacking reminds me of how others can hack their brain to lucid dream. What you are doing sounds even more complex than that, however.

Would be curious to hear more detail on your method, should you choose to share it.