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Josh Sawyer Q&A Thread

hexer

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Isn't the whole US game industry hard left?
Probably has something to do with sales..
not to mention how the mass social media turned some into the architects of society.
 

Artyoan

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Easier explanation is that his politics began to conform to the people he regularly surrounded himself with.
 

hexer

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Yeah, that's an understatement.
Here in EU, US politics practically define EU's politics and political parties' programs.
 
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Isn't the whole US game industry hard left?
Probably has something to do with sales..
not to mention how the mass social media turned some into the architects of society.
Because most of them live in California which is one of the most leftist states in the country, especially so in areas they tend to work at.
 

hexer

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Because most of them live in California which is one of the most leftist states in the country, especially so in areas they tend to work at.

What made California so leftist in the first place?
Hippies? The Hollywood? Something third?
Was it the need to appeal to as many because of the earnings across the globe?
Enlighten me bro! :D
 
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Because most of them live in California which is one of the most leftist states in the country, especially so in areas they tend to work at.

What made California so leftist in the first place?
Hippies? The Hollywood? Something third?
Was it the need to appeal to as many because of the earnings across the globe?
Enlighten me bro! :D
Unchecked mass illegal migration which pushed the electorate to the leftward along with a major gift of amnesty to illegals in the late 80s. Mass domestic out-migration began in the 90s and never really stopped, and most in-migration was due to rich leftists moving from other leftist states(New York being the top source.) California is essentially devoid of a middle class who have long since fled the state — it has its rich rulers and its poor peasants. It's simultaneously the richest state and the state with the highest poverty rate, boasting one of the highest wealth inequality rates in the country.
 
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Sawyer says that he moved left ~12-13 years ago. It means that his pre-left games are IWD, IWD2 & NWN2; and his historical materialist games -- PoE and PoE2. I think that Alpha Protocol and F:NV can be characterized as the games of Sawyer's transitional period. Interestingly enough, it is these transitional games that offer the most meaningful choices and consequences. It can be explained thus: at that point Sawyer had already understood that libertarianism is not the only and true way, but he also had not dogmatically embraced historical materialism as the only and true way yet. That's why in F:NV he portrays a more nuanced and complex society and provides a player with a lot of agency. Although, of course, even in this game, the choice of the player is limited to four American political parties: NCR (democrats), House (republicans), Caesar (greens), Yes Man (libertarians).
 

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It can be explained thus: at that point Sawyer had already understood that libertarianism is not the only and true way, but he also had not dogmatically embraced historical materialism as the only and true way yet. That's why in F:NV he portrays a more nuanced and complex society and provides a player with a lot of agency. Although, of course, even in this game, the choice of the player is limited to four American political parties: NCR (democrats), House (republicans), Caesar (greens), Yes Man (libertarians).

Total speculation on your part.
 

hexer

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Although, of course, even in this game, the choice of the player is limited to four American political parties: NCR (democrats), House (republicans), Caesar (greens), Yes Man (libertarians).

Wait, I remember when Sawyer argued with NMA forum users about including Mormons in Van Buren.
So for a moment, he was on the right wing too?
 

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No. If that were true there wouldn't be such a resistance to unions among workers in the gaming industry.
My impression is that the bosses don't want them (of course), but the employees do, only they're unwilling to suffer to have them.
 

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My impression is that the bosses don't want them (of course), but the employees do, only they're unwilling to suffer to have them.
There's a huge scare campaign against unionizing in the US regardless of what industry you're in. If it wasn't for that, people would know not to be afraid of bosses's reactions if enough workers banded together to unionize.
 
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My impression is that the bosses don't want them (of course), but the employees do, only they're unwilling to suffer to have them.
There's a huge scare campaign against unionizing in the US regardless of what industry you're in. If it wasn't for that, people would know not to be afraid of bosses's reactions if enough workers banded together to unionize.
I fully support Californian game developers unionizing. It's the fastest way to get them all fired.
 

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Sawyer says that he moved left ~12-13 years ago. It means that his pre-left games are IWD, IWD2 & NWN2; and his historical materialist games -- PoE and PoE2. I think that Alpha Protocol and F:NV can be characterized as the games of Sawyer's transitional period. Interestingly enough, it is these transitional games that offer the most meaningful choices and consequences. It can be explained thus: at that point Sawyer had already understood that libertarianism is not the only and true way, but he also had not dogmatically embraced historical materialism as the only and true way yet. That's why in F:NV he portrays a more nuanced and complex society and provides a player with a lot of agency. Although, of course, even in this game, the choice of the player is limited to four American political parties: NCR (democrats), House (republicans), Caesar (greens), Yes Man (libertarians).
Who would be the modern representation of the Brotherhood of Steel then?
 
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Sawyer says that he moved left ~12-13 years ago. It means that his pre-left games are IWD, IWD2 & NWN2; and his historical materialist games -- PoE and PoE2. I think that Alpha Protocol and F:NV can be characterized as the games of Sawyer's transitional period. Interestingly enough, it is these transitional games that offer the most meaningful choices and consequences. It can be explained thus: at that point Sawyer had already understood that libertarianism is not the only and true way, but he also had not dogmatically embraced historical materialism as the only and true way yet. That's why in F:NV he portrays a more nuanced and complex society and provides a player with a lot of agency. Although, of course, even in this game, the choice of the player is limited to four American political parties: NCR (democrats), House (republicans), Caesar (greens), Yes Man (libertarians).
Who would be the modern representation of the Brotherhood of Steel then?
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Maybe he just grew a brain over time guys.

Must be tough to fulfill your own basic needs and keep existing as a l*bertarian
Guess it would be for you considering you're a mentally ill tranny that relies on government handouts to live.

are you the resident libertarian fedoralord? Awfully nice of you looking out for the 'rights' of your owners.

When are they promoting you from janitor to CEO?
 

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Wanting to regulate capitalism doesn't require going full socialist retard, Josh. Though I agree libertarians are retards.
 
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Sawyer's journey to embracing historical materialism (spoiler: nope, it was not caused by Disco Elysium)


Retard alert. The government caused the subprime mortgage crisis by requiring GSEs to purchase subprime loans(30% of all loans had to be subprime in 1992, increasing to 50% by 2000 to 55% in 2007.)
Well, why did they do that? Because it was rayciss too hard for poor people to get loans. Therefore, give them the loan anyway, who cares if they can't pay it — after all, what could go wrong? Prior to this, they only purchased loans from banks and other such organizations that regular privately owned institutional investors would purchase.

lol at the butthurt europeans upset that I know more about my country than they do
 

Silly Germans

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Sawyer's journey to embracing historical materialism (spoiler: nope, it was not caused by Disco Elysium)



Retard alert. The government caused the subprime mortgage crisis by requiring GSEs to purchase subprime loans(30% of all loans had to be subprime in 1992, increasing to 50% by 2000 to 55% in 2007.)
Well, why did they do that? Because it was rayciss too hard for poor people to get loans. Therefore, give them the loan anyway, who cares if they can't pay it — after all, what could go wrong? Prior to this, they only purchased loans from banks and other such organizations that regular privately owned institutional investors would purchase.


I find it weird to talk about the government as if it was disconnected from the private sector. Laws of this magnitude are pretty much always created
under the influence of lobbying. I now it for certain in Germany and the E.U. and I doubt that it is any different in the states. The financial sector is
especially active in this regard, so blaming the government for the crisis falls a bit short.
 

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