# public reply email to anticapitalist garmer one (..) in which an email was recently received apparently from someone involved in anticapitalism(r) and decided to reply in public partially as to not appear involved in 'dubious (not strictly fun(tm)-based) activities' and find themselves on some ironically paranoid list from: nectarina at autistici.org date: thursday 28th january 2016 18:20:51 > hello(r) mr.(r) what(r) > really(r) like(r) your(r) prose(r) hello nectarina (henceforth warmly known as anticapitalist garmer one.) thank you for the reply! digging the original and daring use of (tm) and (r) > made(r) me(r) feel(r) less(r) crazy(tm) for(r) thinking(r) everything(r) that's(r) being(r) produced(r) in(r) the(r) realm(r) of(r) vidyagarmz(r) as(r) an(r) alternative(r) to(r) aaa(tm) is(r) trash(r) hope i've not significantly contributed to such a dubious impression. 'everything(tm)' seems a problematic term here; are all garmes really that bad. ("gee ma what *are* garmes anyhow?" some idiots see them as abstract reality simulation experiments) > isn't(r) it(r) a(r) puzzle(tm) of(r) sorts(r) that(r) the(r)totality(r) of(r) what's(r) being(r) churned(r) out(r) by(r) garme(r) developers(r) seems(r) to(r) come(r) from(r) the(r) same(r) mold(r)? interesting to how the often false divide between so-called aaa and indie - like capitalism and anticapitalism seem intimately connected and derive from the same old mould perhaps? ;-) besides discussing virtually anything / everything in terms of a 'totality' seems a recipe for fascistic totalization - the appearance of some unified allegedly all-encompassing whole / hole used as anideological strawman / scapegoat for instance > even(r) the(r) experiments(tm) you(r) seem(r) to(r) favor(r) are(r) insignificant(r) throwaway(r) lines(r) in(r) a(r) barren(r) conversation(r) thanks for the existential support ;-) though since you've bothered sending this email logically speaking you can't also consider your lines / garme code in this cultural(tm) conversation(r) completely barren and throwaway > do(r) you(r) think(r) adherence(r) (by(r) acceptance(r) or(r) opposition(r)) to(r) the(r) multiple(r) established(tm) genres(r) puts(r) a(r) straitjacket(r) on(r) developers(r)? this seems a traditional often well justified complaint of the 'meh - it's all mere variations on a limited theme set' kind - which seems difficult to pick apart at this juncture. from the limited perspective of a self-styled #fakedev however? yes - modern garme developers still wield strict genre(r) types and attendant definitions like wilful horse blinkers. the problem seems deeply tied to the limited emphasis on standardized easily marketable / resellable algorithmic mechanics which both developer and consumer don't have to think or worry about - "ah yes another intense brodude schmup" etc > or(r) are(r) developers(r) as(r) people(tm) the(r) result(r) of(r) a(r) one-track-minded(r) society(tm)? in this global virtual hyper-capitalist(tm) society(r) of which we too often act as mere unthinking cogs and pseudo-autonomous drones the mere idea of the 'indie developer' often seems as welcome a human notion as bearded gwats in designer lumberjack shirts slanging overpriced frothy coffees to the middling classes while cynically super sensitive blue hair'd garme dev elites casually churn out predictable hip code on ir apple branded cyberdecks in the corner and talk that cool pinkywhite jive about "indie(r) authenticity(tm) in ir little undead scene this random blog has often attempted to treat vidyagarmz as a small and often less interesting / important subset of play - but it seems that's not working either. (indeed garmes and fun generally too often seem mere subsets of stunningly boring utterly miserablist / pointless capitalistic busywork) thanks for playing / grinding along sincerely altruistic near future alt.billionaire indiedev rockstar robert what // republic of bob