No Time To Loot Festival is online, and ready to take what’s left of your wallet, but should you really keep spending more cash on the popular Steam storefront by Valve? The answer depends on how you feel about gaming, if you don’t care about the medium, its preservation, and the cultural impact it has had through the years, then just go ahead and pick some really cheap games. If you are against game censorship, crunch, “AI” slop, and a ton of other issues in the industry then steer clear from this sale as you are supporting a magnate who stands for those things.
No Time To Loot Festival offers massive discounts
Despite this, you don’t really own what you buy on Steam, your hard earned cash can be used in other storefronts such as GOG where you get to keep your games. The reality is that we are currently facing some tough times for gaming, and the only thing we can do is to stop buying, or consider supporting developers that matter by other means that aren’t Steam, such as donations and visiting their websites. Steam takes a big cut from developers, and sometimes even forces sales percentages that aren’t what devs wanted.
No Time To Loot Festival would be amazing if Valve stood for gamers and game developers alike, but they don’t seem to care anymore and will bend their knee to anyone who stands in the way of freedom of expression. Art is free, and it shouldn’t be trampled upon, voices need to be heard whether they like it or not, and silencing isn’t an option in the medium. There’s political motivation behind the current censorship onslaught that is covering our medium, and between “AI” slop still trying to be prominent in some way it is a coordinated effort to just kill our way of communicating. If you still wanna buy something, go for Backpack Battles.
