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Ben Kuchera found on Portland street-corner blowing hipster youth for crack by fucking newbie 01/06/2014, 3:35pm PST
A future self-help author wrote:

BUYING GAMES ON SALE CAN FEEL LIKE SENDING A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE TO POSSIBLE FUTURE VERSIONS OF YOURSELF.

[...]

Stop caring about when you'll play a game.

[...]

Don't feel guilty about buying games you may or may not play on sale.

Here's the rest of the art installation.

Either they're paying him to use his shitty PAR street cred to turn the habit of casually buying shit games on impulse into an aspirational good or he's doing it for free. You tell me which is worse.

Pigbald are the least interesting thing in their own blast radius.
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Ben Kuchera found on Portland street-corner blowing hipster youth for crack by fucking newbie 01/06/2014, 3:35pm PST NEW
    The guy who gets free games doesn't care about finishing them. Surprise by skip 01/06/2014, 6:42pm PST NEW
        You have to look at the shrapnel moving while it's still in the air by fucking newbie 01/06/2014, 7:19pm PST NEW
        Re: The guy who gets free games doesn't care about finishing them. Surprise by Souffle of Pain 01/06/2014, 10:52pm PST NEW
            You could say he couldn't be ars'd to edit them. by YYYYEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! 01/07/2014, 5:28am PST NEW
    even his core point is stupid by jeep 01/07/2014, 8:24am PST NEW
    Fast forward to 2020 where we're paying for zero filled chunks of data. NT by Worm 01/07/2014, 10:11am PST NEW
        Didn't mean to come off as a forecaster of the coming dystopia, just taken aback by stupid newbie 01/08/2014, 5:33pm PST NEW
            Re: Didn't mean to come off as a forecaster of the coming dystopia, just taken a by skip 01/08/2014, 10:01pm PST NEW
            Oh, I'm agreeing with any implied dysoptia forecasts here. by Worm 01/08/2014, 10:42pm PST NEW
    He wrote another one by jeep 01/08/2014, 10:54pm PST NEW
        Journalism-- I mean Advertising NT by Industry Hype Chamber 01/08/2014, 11:20pm PST NEW
        Ben Kuchera is the prophet of FPS, here with a balm to alleviate your SUFFERING by stupid newbie 01/08/2014, 11:25pm PST NEW
            The second piece is exactly why I made the hipster/hitler youth crack by stupid newbie 01/08/2014, 11:32pm PST NEW
            I held off due to inside journalism by jeep 01/12/2014, 7:30pm PST NEW
            Almost forgot this bit of genius from Polygon by jeep 01/13/2014, 7:06pm PST NEW
                Link that please. Everyone should retweet it until he kills himself. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/13/2014, 7:28pm PST NEW
                    try this instead by jeep 01/13/2014, 9:15pm PST NEW
                        Classic first reply. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/14/2014, 7:26am PST NEW
        How much of the hate for this article is based on the delivery? by Entropy Stew 01/09/2014, 5:48am PST NEW
            The choice of delivery is meaningful. Also, is it really that great that we're by stupid newbie 01/09/2014, 6:39am PST NEW
                Every defense of 6v6 could easily defend 4v4, 3v3, or even 1v1 by Worm 01/09/2014, 11:34am PST NEW
                    I dislike less players on the board at once, but.... by WITTGENSTEIN 01/10/2014, 10:26am PST NEW
                        Also, the big mech/infantry with jetpacks dynamic reminds me of Metal Warriors by WITTGENSTEIN 01/10/2014, 10:38am PST NEW
                            OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS GAME by Entropy Stew 01/10/2014, 11:37am PST NEW
                        If the whole thing plays a lot like a MOBA, sure, fine, it could be good by Worm 01/10/2014, 11:39am PST NEW
                            Planetside sucked though :( NT by fabio 01/10/2014, 1:04pm PST NEW
                                I feel like BF2142 hit the sweet spot. Specifically Cerbere Landing. by WITTGENSTEIN 01/10/2014, 1:18pm PST NEW
                                    It was all downhill after 2142 by fabio 01/11/2014, 4:36pm PST NEW
                                        True, but Bad Company 2 was fantastic in its own right by Entropy Stew 01/12/2014, 11:57pm PST NEW
                                            Bad Company 2 was my second favorite. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/13/2014, 9:25am PST NEW
                                What is this, my living room last night? I heard that in my house, from a yutz by stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 3:21pm PST NEW
        I like this one more by skip 01/09/2014, 8:53pm PST NEW
            I use that service. It's run by a hollow ceramic pig with a slot on top. NT by Last 01/10/2014, 5:57am PST NEW
                Have you SEEN the prices nerds will pay for Forge World models? by WITTGENSTEIN 01/10/2014, 9:28am PST NEW
                    In which I reveal myself to be aware of this embarrassing trend. by stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 3:45pm PST NEW
            So he's advocating his readers get a...savings account? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/10/2014, 9:25am PST NEW
            Razer doesn't even have the gall to infer other PCs aren't modular already. by Worm 01/10/2014, 11:51am PST NEW
                I think the look is retarded, but ATX needs to die already by Rafiki 01/10/2014, 1:24pm PST NEW
                    Isn't there a problem with being in a proprietary market here? by stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 3:42pm PST NEW
                    The problem you're missing by The Happiness Engine 01/10/2014, 4:10pm PST NEW
                        That's got nothing to do with it. Razer wants to be the Ikea of PC hardware. by stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 5:08pm PST NEW
                            Yeah! Someone should put a bunch of computer shit in a box, so that idiots don' by blackwater 01/13/2014, 10:23pm PST NEW
                                Was my idea of the target buyer really that bad, or is this just how caltrops by agrees with people? - stupid newbie 01/13/2014, 11:39pm PST NEW
                                    You're probably right about the target buyer, but I just think it's dumb by blackwater 02/04/2014, 10:07pm PST NEW
                                        Thanks for clarifying. It's dumb for sure. NT by stupid rookie 02/05/2014, 12:33am PST NEW
                                :( NT by Steam Box 01/14/2014, 8:41am PST NEW
                You're being a mincing asshole there, but your point has a bit of merit by stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 3:36pm PST NEW
        Fat Tycho from PA releases a comically stupid statement by WITTGENSTEIN 01/20/2014, 12:58pm PST NEW
            The cheese... the sauce... the arrogance. NT by Home Movies 01/20/2014, 2:02pm PST NEW
            So they drop Ben Kuchera and still use his material! NT by Worm 01/20/2014, 9:21pm PST NEW
                I was right. Pigbald are the least interesting thing in their own blast radius. by stupid newbie 01/21/2014, 4:14am PST NEW
 
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