However the effects are becoming increasingly dramatic as more and more of the population finds themselves in an economy with no jobs for them. Eventually UBI will become necessary once we hit the tipping point.
HG just kept duct taping more crap to the game without adding any depth or integrating their crap together. It’s still an incredibly shallow game where you’ve seen all that there’s worth seeing on the first day of playing.
They could go back to suggesting only videos related to the one you’re watching but they really want The Engagement Algorithm to be the only one available :(
Cruelty Squad rapidly became one of my favorite games. It’s a true art piece designed with a significant amount of spite, for both the world we live in and the player punishing themself with the game. Every single part of the game is thoughtfully designed, down to the fishing mechanic. It challenges you, both in its gameplay and in its audiovisual experience. It’s abrasive on purpose, to wear you down until you get used to it and can build yourself back up better.
Pyrocynical recently did a video about the game but it’s very long and a bit too revealing for someone who knows nothing, so I actually recommend Markiplier’s video which shows just how bizarre the game is to get in to going in blind.
There’s a growing catalogue of Lua mods for MWSE that aren’t cross-compatible and neither set of devs seem interested in a unified Lua API.