The New Economy 1 (The Spiel)
"That's the head of Mark Pincus. Guy who made Farmville. Fought like a bastard he did. That over there is, um, the head of Mark Pincus. He keeps comin' back for some reason. That time he had goddamn LASERS." -- The Commodore, Biggest Game Hunter I am working on a game called THE NEW ECONOMY with my co-conspirator Mr. S. It started life as a hack for Chris McDowall's Electric Bastionland , and still exists in that form. It is a scifi game about a world where the capitalism of the present day is gone. You don't have a job or a paycheck. The god-kings of capitalism have left you behind for a post-human eternity of ego boosts. The vestigial middle class huddles in gated communities fearing the day they'll become you. Out here there's no wage slavery. No commutes. Also no electricity or clean water. There are still people who wanna get paid though. People who wanna have their revenge. People who want a better world at last. What do you want? ...