Vandalism

[@Egalia_1]

As a wise man once said: “that’s not on the nose, that’s up the nose.”

[@BigFingerRo]

PUNCHED in the nose levels of on-the-nose

[@rasusbeijaminas2301]

@@BigFingerRo Ah, good ol' [REDACTED]

[@darksuntoggafhd9947]

'I said ACROSS her nose, not up it!'

[@matehiqu9905]

it's so on the nose it's already reaching the lungs

[@awsomesaucekirby]

"Your contract stipulates that you MUST suffer the agony of existence in addition to your normal work schedule"

[@zeterzero4356]

The conglomerate machine of the outer worlds in a nut shell.

[@reconarmor99]

@@zeterzero4356 and the real world

[@DrFaustisDead]

0:21 You can literally watch the wave of existential horror hit and wash over Pat.

[@-TPLT]

The most corporate world establishing sentence to ever establish.

[@dusty2515]

[Audible and visible disgust]

[@SOULKINGSAMA92]

I feel like playing this game and just killing all the corporate stooges would be very cathartic for me after my day at retail.

[@Sir_Saki]

Heart goes out to ya bud. That's a hell of a job to get through daily.

[@troggdorthesecond]

Speaking as someone who used to do retail, I'm praying for you buddy.

[@garsedj]

this game makes a lot more sense when you know the world of retail.

[@tequilasunset6567]

I thought the same going in. Turns out a lot of them are really nice and like-able. Aside from the fact that they serve the greatest evil in existence but yeah.

[@cybergeek11235]

do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it

[@TriplePalindromous]

To be fair, sounds like something Pat might say.

[@StoneAgedQ]

That's why he was so taken aback, the game made the joke before he could

[@RadSad-hd2op]

Wow.. This really is... A society..

[@qwellen7521]

BOTTOM TEXT

[@crome2021]

And yet, we live in one.

[@StreetRatJoe]

And his dead body was littering. Honestly thought Pat would be okay with this.

[@ozzydabothan]

Deadass this single conversation has so much weight I'm absolutely convinced that the rest of the game was built on someone coming up with this

[@williamandrews5798]

“You move 16 tons; whaddya get, Another day older and deeper in debt.”

[@LuminousLead]

"St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store."

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

@@LuminousLead Did you make that quote yourself, because that's amazing and bleak! 🥴

[@LuminousLead]

@@ChrisPoindexter98 It's a rejoinder to William's song lines. The song is "16 Tons" by Merle Travis, and it's all about the debt-bondage system and company towns for coal miners. It was literally wage slavery. Song's fantastically catchy though and would recommend a listen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn25pX2hpdGSq8k

[@MrFox-ox2ze]

​@@ChrisPoindexter98nah those were real work songs. We used to have this kind of unchecked capitalism in America. And hell willing certain groups want to put us back there

[@umamisoy]

That's about the correct reaction to that conversation.

[@pikagammerpluspizza7478]

When someone with a sociopath persona is shocked.

[@mjtechnoviking44]

*aroused

[@pikagammerpluspizza7478]

@@mjtechnoviking44 Shinji Ikari: I'm so fucked up...

[@GoldLight73]

Pat may be a sociopath, but even he respects basic human rights.

[@Yal_Rathol]

you can only cheat if there are rules to begin with.

[@jeangreffsbp]

He only does if they are not preventing him from becoming a immortal toilet

[@theotherjared9824]

Terrorizing the population isn't fun if no one can fight back.

[@asillycryptid7235]

Outer Worlds being a scathing rebuke of capitalism while Fallout 76 goes hog wild with classism sure makes for some fun juxtaposition alright.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

I'm convinced Bethesda and Obsidian have a secret deal going, and Todd Howard got kickbacks in exchange for turning FO76 into a year long dumpster fire filled with the worst aspects of capitalism gaming in order to drive Outer Worlds message home harder.

[@pyropoyo]

Capn Beeb Personally I believe Fallout 76 is a social experiment on how classism affects gamers and how far people are willing to go to justify a purchase to themselves.

[@scottkliff1660]

hashtagclasswar

[@MariktheGunslinger]

Don't mistake corporatism for capitalism; if this were a capitalist society people could start their own businesses rather than being enslaved to these corporations. It's like if the Soviet Union and late stage capitalism had a baby with downs syndrome.

[@zeterzero4356]

@@MariktheGunslinger Yeah it is more a corporate thing than capitalism thing. The satire isn't about having wealth but rather the corruption that comes from doing whatever it takes to maintain and increase that wealth.

[@AFlyingTaco1]

I love how the Outer Worlds' universe is the extreme evolution of the corporation-centric Fallout universe.

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

*EA, ACTIVISION, AND BETHESDA INTENSIFIES*

[@zeterzero4356]

Obsidian could not have chosen a better time to release this game!!! I don't know who they had on their team asking Jesus for the game to be a hit with a big release but their prayers were answered!!! I know mine were. This game us awesome!

[@galacticcorgi1258]

Pat wishes he lived in a world like that

[@cybergeek11235]

no, he VERY MUCH does not.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Yeah, so he could *burn it to the fucking ground.*

[@DaSquareful]

@@Zombiewithabowtie get woolies help on starting that terror Cult.

[@moonmannd7501]

That's a weird way to spell Woolie

[@pyroicarus1203]

What gave you impression

[@zedc6072]

Comrade Patrick will lead us in the revolution. God bless his tiny orange heart.

[@TheKrawtch]

same reason suicide IRL is illegal. destruction of government property is a crime.

[@ruikirisame1744]

It's legal in Portugal. Just frowned apon

[@ShinNeoking]

I look at thumbnail and I thought it was an Ant from the movie ANTS.

[@TorpeAlex]

Shoutouts to the most horrifying depiction of war I've ever seen in a children's movie

[@RedEarth20XDX]

Pat got off really hard to this. Also I genocided all the spacers choice officials I ran into from this point forward in my game.

[@cybergeek11235]

no, man - that's "i think i just had an aneurysm", not "fuck yeah that's hot"

[@DaSquareful]

So like you targeted the management?

[@MrDoyle-ky4he]

You bankrupted so many people XD

[@JackgarPrime]

But who paid the fines?

[@222CBK222]

*Row row, fight the power!*

[@SciontheDark]

A shame the writing never gets as good as this.

[@Antonicane]

Some anvils need to be dropped.

[@ruikirisame1744]

And some sinks need to be let in

[@DrPwN131]

Pat’s corporate retail flashbacks are hitting him strong

[@rock61920]

If only the rest of the game was more like this

[@crysiscore2051]

I remember hitting the GIANT world and feeling that it just became purposeless. So sad for a game that started so bright.

[@BonnieBoestar]

@@crysiscore2051 The actual city of Stellar Bay was pretty awesome because you get to see some actually healthy unionized workplaces and interact with some less insane corpos for once. Wasn't the biggest fan of all the running around but at least the characters were fairly interesting.

[@MrZEPYRO]

D I S G U S T

[@Dantarn]

The corporate horrors of this game didn't hit me much at all But my buddies that work in Retail love it

[@TheColSamson]

And here Pat was thinking nothing could top the shock of watching an actual race war start in that one other game

[@goldenboy9748]

Just when you thought it couldn’t get more bleak

[@JJJJJJJJJAAAAAA]

In the words of Corvus Corax; “Oh. This, this I *hate.*”

[@FirstNameLastName-fe2tu]

The best part is the comments, no one knows if Pat is in agreement or in disgust...

[@adamruiz3683]

I watched the stream, it's disgust. He responded to earlier stuff with 'I'm gonna burn this place to the ground' and this conversation not only cemented that decision, but convinced the chat to his side.

[@zeterzero4356]

Pat is the sort of guy who hates this but gets hype about it when games present it as being as messed up as it is. Kind of like the race war in ffxiv.

[@Rhaethyn]

It's obviously, OBVIOUSLY disgust.

[@23kurtzy]

Pat panicking because he used to see too much of himself in Eugene

[@alexmercerrodarte]

This game is ancap as hell I love it

[@rollinnollin546]

noah rodarte: When your employee doesn’t get enough sleep because of the hours you make them work so they end up injuring themselves on the job but they’re body is legally considered your property so they’ve violated your NAP so they have to work another year without pay. *insert ancap thumbs up guy*

[@BonnieBoestar]

Yeah it's crazy seeing a mainstream game be so overtly anti capitalist.

[@gato23]

Shadowrun Players: First Time?

[@Koters9]

I literally had the same reaction

[@kaizerdeath12]

Jeff Bezos takes notes with some very sweaty palms

[@Apemopo]

meanwhile at the Amazon Warehouse

[@garylevine3521]

Pat acts like companies like Amazon don’t already do this.

[@AsTheWorldSpinsAgain]

How good is this game in 2023? I saw one video call it bland but I don't know if they're right. Been waiting for it to fall into my price range.

[@Blackcloud288]

In basic training, you would get smoked if you fought other trainees. For "Damaging gov't property".

[@Cheese_Meister]

Is that Delphine’s voice from Skyrim? If so, well... The Blades have not have not changed much.

[@NobuxD]

So..... Brazil?

[@monsouranda2822]

Capitalism in S P A C E

[@popump2617]

Pat had the same reaction I did

[@unregisteredassaultbutterk1185]

Guy kinda looks and sounds like Louis CK

[@alphax-shroom6781]

This game gives me the level of hate and anger that I thought only a kicked puppy could give me. I bet the writing crew either had a blast or were miserable beyond belief having to think such fucking horrid shit.

[@evansheehan9258]

Burning time.

[@JagrasSneedandFeed]

Wow. I GOTTA get this game

[@papanurgle8393]

That's pretty fucked up, even for me.

[@Eco419]

What a great game

[@TheMrTangamandapio]

OH MY GOD I FUCKING DIED

[@panic7061]

This game seems ANCAP af.

[@InfernalRam]

It's definitely not portraying that as a good thing.

[@zeterzero4356]

More like anti-big corporation. This might be what a world would look like if the corporate machine got so out of hand that it lost its humanity.

[@InfernalRam]

@@zeterzero4356 corporations having humanity to begin with bwahahhaha good shit

[@alphax-shroom6781]

@@zeterzero4356 So, the impending Disney takeover?

[@GreenEyedDazzler]

Is he playing on PC with a game pad?

[@moonmannd7501]

Fucking finally, people that _get it._ I should have thought years ago the only place that would know this truth is the games industry.

[@m_crowley6674]

it really do be like that tho

[@arbyw.1889]

SPACE CAPTILISM BABY

[@e69alpha]

Yikes™

[@krasmazov009]

I cant

[@JackgarPrime]

Mmmmmm, Space Capitalism at work!

[@SoraMotto]

I think in actually, suicide is considered a crime so that police have probable cause in situations like a person locking themselves in a car filling up with gas or maybe they're about to jump off a building, giving them permission to intervene

[@zeterzero4356]

Police can do that even if it isn't a crime though. Protect and serve means protecting you even from yourself depending in the situation. That said this particular scenario is basically saying this man had no rights to his own life, being considered company property.

[@xXXJimboSliceXXx]

We were promised Hegelian Dialectics pt 2, what we got was Rick and Morty characters saying "capitalism am bad" this game is fucking trash

[@Sapheiorus]

I feel I REALLY shouldn’t get this game. Everything from what Pat described and getting to see that it’s true tells me that my approach to this entire game is going to be omnicidal.

[@zeterzero4356]

I went intelligence build and basically made Peridot from SU (I was in a mood) and have been having a blast being a made scientist with a mechanical eyepatch calling our people for their shit while being nice to others who legit seem like people trying to do their best. Recently i actually got through to a corporate scientist and helped him realize the company were monsters, leaving him conflicted about his life choices. A relatively good guy who just needed that little extra push to put the pieces together. Really great piece of plot that they left easily missed unless you went looking for it.

[@FaxModem1]

There are good people in Halcyon, they just need ot be shown the way.

[@FuriousGorge]

0:16 This is a very subtle and clever slam on China.

[@rock61920]

How?

[@nathannielsen5219]

what game?

[@zeterzero4356]

The Outer Worlds.

[@Shoopdaman]

capitalism at its best

[@dakota4384]

TIts not Capitalism, that would imply a free market economy.

[@Samm815]

@@dakota4384 Monopoly at its best?

[@dakota4384]

@@Samm815 More like Dutch East Indian Co.

[@Samm815]

@@dakota4384 Or British.

[@anenemystand5582]

@@dakota4384 I mean this is the inevitable end of capitalism. Wealth being focused into less and less hands while the rights of workers are stripped away. I mean without government interference child labor would still be a thing.

[@badpope]

Sucks to be Eugene

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

Nah, Eugene got out.

[@GuninGames]

You wanna run that by me again, my brain died

[@marcuscalixte4392]

Eugene died, and because of CORPORATION, the closest person relative to his dead body has to pay for his "crime". It's all fucked up, really

[@GuninGames]

@@marcuscalixte4392 ill say

[@cop-killer-]

Hell yeah brother