• @[email protected]
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    91 year ago

    This game is great. By playing it you understand also the point of view of the creator, that is “tech won’t save us”

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Yes it is so biased against “accelerationists” it is funny.

      However the game design is great. I, like probably every player, disagrees with some assumptions but I really like the way it plays out

      • Ben Matthews
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        51 year ago

        You can get those ‘accelerationists’ within the coalition by funding lots of research, just don’t expect it all to work, don’t even need to apply it. Actually I think that ‘bias’ is realistic. Problem is rather political groups that are missing - religious for example.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          IT is hilariously biased against nuclear power. Nuclear research is the only one that has a random factor “you have a tiny chance of getting it”.

          • Ben Matthews
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            21 year ago

            Well you can ‘win’ leaving current nuclear fraction as is, the old stuff keeps working without any disaster (missing factor ??).
            Otoh, nuclear fusion has been tomorrow’s breakthrough for half a century …

            • @[email protected]
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              31 year ago

              Otoh, nuclear fusion has been tomorrow’s breakthrough for half a century …

              “Ungrowth” has been a proposed solution for half a century as well, yet this one happens with certainty overnight once the mandate is passed.

              It is not just fusion, fast breeder reactors as well. But of course, with them the game becomes much easier. And I love that farm automation has a lower impact than the biochar research.

              • Ben Matthews
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                11 year ago

                Indeed, as I mentioned in my main comment

                Some of the ‘mandates’ are far too easily implemented.

                At least that one requires a ‘parliament majority’ - otoh big groups are not in that parliament at all… Actually ‘ungrowth’ in the north may just happen anyway, slowly, for demographic reasons.
                Maybe this type of game could provide a structure to help people to debate factors, if could vary (packages of) assumptions… ?
                As it is, might encourage some to wait for a revolution rather than engaging current options.