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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Humble Choice May 2025
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 14:32:29 -0700
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On 5/10/2025 10:08 AM, Praetor Mandrake wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 May 2025 20:02:47 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> What an oddly low-fi mix of games this month.
>>> I agree, Shadow Gambit looks at least halfway decent, that JRPG might be
>>> nice but looks a bit too generic. Maybe I'll install the Jango Fett 
>>> game.
>>> I keep wondering why I actual subscribe to Choice at all.
>>
>> Because $12 for 8 games is a remarkably good price, even if half of
>> them aren't to your taste? And you don't have to skip months if there
>> aren't any that appeal to you? And they make The Number go "bing!" eon
>> the first of every Tuesday? ;-)
>>
> 
> Do you ever consider the consumer aspect of paying for your games?  Each 
> dollar spent is a dollar voted for the types of games you enjoy.  If you 
> wheel & deal to get every title, you're not really helping the industry 
> decide what's good.  I know spending $12 can feel like a massive burden 
> and you'd rather buy a Vente mocha latte at Starbucks, 

No, no I wouldn't.  Starbucks is horrible coffee and I don't even like 
coffee much.

The problem is the vast majority is shovelware, and you don't really 
know if you're going to like a game without playing it.  If I could 
'vote' by trying games then paying for the ones I really like I would 
certainly do that.  But even then there's too many games to even try any 
more.

Yes, yes, there's video reviews, but I've been burned by that before too.

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