- cross-posted to:
- gamedev_news@programming.dev
- furiouslyinfuriating@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- gamedev_news@programming.dev
- furiouslyinfuriating@sh.itjust.works
Bluesky Post (this was also posted on twitter)
I was hoping to find a statement from the aggressor, but it seems to be too early.
I’ve always hated funkopops, they’re ugly and the very epitome of the enshitification and commercialisation of geek culture. This does nothing to change my mind
Yes and they’re yet another collectible product that exploits the psychology of a subset of people who compulsively collect things. I put them in the same category as gambling and note that there’s a lot of crossover with these things (loot boxes and CCG booster packs being prime examples of a gambling and collectible combo).
Yeah, I hate those assholes too. I feel bad for anyone who falls for their business model.
Glances at my Tyranid collection
Yes, Inquisitor. This one right here. They have been proclaiming something about the Star Children.
At least you can play a game with 'Nid models. Also have you guys gotten any updated models yet? I know you guys were in the same boat as the Skaven for quite awhile.
10th gave us a ton! New Gaunts, Hormagaunts, Lictors, Deathleapers, biovores, Screamer fex, and 4 new units!!
Fucken A dude, I know the Gaunts were getting crusty. Now if only Games Workshop would update some of the non-Cadian Guard models, I want some non-forgeworld Armageddon Steel Legion models.
They did mother fucking Krieg!!
I know but I want my other gas mask boys damnit!
At least you can actually do something with those ‘Nids.
The FOMO based businesses are preying on people with poor impulse control…which there are no shortage of in the nerd world.
I wouldn’t say the epitome, have you heard of The Big Bang Theory?
I’ve seen enough of it to know I don’t like it for pretty much the same reasons
I wouldn’t say that show commercialized geek culture. It seemed to me it was more about how geek culture should be the butt of jokes. And ASD people as well.
My mom got me my first one in 2019 or 2020 because she thought it was cute (Guyfolye from Silicon Valley). A few months later she asked me if they were just Beanie Babies and I thought that was the end of it. Now every Christmas I get one even though she knows I don’t like them and we both snark on the super niche weird ones. She even got custom ones for me and my wife last year. It never ends, and I have 6 sets of beady little eyes staring at me when I’m watching TV in the basement.
I feel like you need to hear this: just because someone gifts you something doesn’t mean you need to keep it endlessly, or at all. Donate/giveaway/trash.
My partner has an entire bookcase of them, all still in box.
Get them out and play with them!
A true death of art.
I remember going through the prices my buddy paid for his with actual sculptures on Etsy and him just getting more and more annoyed. He’s probably going to have a Funko themed wedding next year.