“The United States Of Hate”, 36x60, 2026. - Made By Me.
I usually post my art on Instagram. I don’t think I’ve posted my art on Twitter in years but I think today’s a good time to post.
The Utah Jazz and the Ainges just FLEECED the Los Angeles Lakers on this trade. Two unprotected future firsts AND two swaps, PLUS paying Kessler $32.5 million annually? Look, this team needs a real center, but giving up all of this in a sign-and-trade most certainly isn't it.
Replacing LeBron, Smart, Kennard, probably Rui, and all tradeable picks with
Walker Kessler
Sandro Mamukelashvili
Quentin Grimes
Colin Sexton
Does not seem good!
It's not about convenience, it's about how we're giving up control of our lives.
Nobody cares that GTA 6 costs $100 without a disc. They care about what it means.
It means they can cut off your access at any time. Any TOS violation, a gamer word, or bad social media post and poof.
It means they can sunset the game forever, whenever they want. Stop Killing Games? Ya they squashed that.
It means you own nothing. You are a renter, and we see that happening everywhere, not just in gaming.
Buying stuff used to meant owning it and having it forever to use as you please.
It's not just games. It's computers, cars, everything has a license, a subscription. And right to repair? To fix your stuff instead of being forced to buy a new thing? Gone, dude.
Taken away forever.
Many of you will trade convenience for that...because it turns out we will trade anything for convenience, even our privacy and data...
And for what? Trinkets - Free social apps...cheaper games via Game Pass, the list goes on. Turns out we can be subjugated cheaply.
But it's a bag bargain, long-term. Digital serfdom.
I'm not immune from this, it's hard to escape. I'm there too...but it sucks.
The whole point of a physical copy is that it's yours. Lend it, shelf it, sell it, hand it to your kid in twenty years.
GTA 6 just threw all of that out. No disc. A code in a box. The day Rockstar's servers go dark, so does your "copy."
The last major publisher that still respected physical media just sold every one of its customers out for a few cents of margin.
This isn't a physical edition. It's an empty box with homework inside.
I have a wall of games I own outright. The biggest launch of the decade won't be one of them.