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A Hat In Time video game

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I don't really care how you feel about capitalism. But I saw this game and thought it looked like a cute and fun platformer. I didn't want to get stuck with a bunch of the developer's personal politics shoved into the game.

It's also really weird they're selling you a game, and then telling you there's no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism. Seems like they're trying to tell you you're a bad person for not pirating the game.

mugen October 5th, 2017

A Hat In Time game

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A Hat In Time

In A Hat in Time you play as a tiny space-travelling girl with a big tophat. Her adventure is halted when all her fuel, the Time Pieces, is lost and scattered across a nearby planet. Hat Kid must now jump, fight and stitch new hats to make her way into e…

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Comments & Discussion

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2017-10-05 22:06:10

So does this mean that everyone in a capitalist environment is an unethical consumer? That would then presumably include the creators of the game unless they live in China, DPRK, Cuba or Venezuela...

I have no problem with people making statements in games or any other media. This one just seems sloppy. They could have made digs on capitalism in much more clever ways if they really tried.

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2017-10-05 22:07:22

So does this mean that everyone in a capitalist environment is an unethical consumer? That would then presumably include the creators of the game unless they live in China, DPRK, Cuba or Venezuela...

I have no problem with people making statements in games or any other media. This one just seems sloppy. They could have made digs on capitalism in much more clever ways if they really tried.