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Yup, this seems to be a very real game. Bum Simulator [Steam] is a game that's going to turn a few heads, with it [showing] off life as a homeless person. It could end up being a little controversial too, I'm sure a few people will have some interesting opinions on this one.
I'm not sure what to make of it, as it looks mildly amusing, but it makes me feel a little weird. Can't be much worse than the thousands of other violent games we have I suppose and highlights the issues some people have to go through. A modern-life survival sim? Could be interesting.
In a sane forum it should be entirely possible to have an interesting and rational discussion on the sociological statement and implications of this game. That just wouldn't be our style though, would it?
Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/bum-simulator-will-simulate-life-as-a-homeless-person.11751
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 14 2018, @08:14AM (6 children)
Why would the users of a sane forum be interested to discuss the faults of those people?
Clearly they are the only ones to blame for their "bum" condition.
(grin)
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 14 2018, @08:46AM (1 child)
Huh, here, the description is very sane and depicts the causes for their condition in a realistic non-controversial way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by pdfernhout on Monday May 14 2018, @06:56PM
... about trying to get by on low income: http://playspent.org/ [playspent.org]
(Another example of why we need some mix of a basic income, star trek 3D printers and other subsistence tools, a gift economy, and/or better democratic government planning.)
The biggest challenge of the 21st century: the irony of technologies of abundance used by scarcity-minded people.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Bot on Monday May 14 2018, @09:25AM
>Why would the users of a sane forum
>sane forum
off-topic detected
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 14 2018, @01:06PM (1 child)
Nobody is responsible for anything. Everything is fated. Science has proven over and over that there is no such thing as free will. Their plight as well as the responses and responses have all been set since the big bang. You have no choice just as they had no choice. Just kick back and enjoy the ride
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 14 2018, @04:52PM
So they want the scientists and you to believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday May 14 2018, @05:48PM
Well I, for one, am OUTRAGED!!!!
How dare they port this to Linux. Windows4Evah!!!