Tag: Video Game Industry

This gaming meme uses the popular 'two people whispering while looking at a seated person' template. On the left, two people are whispering to each other with the text 'Are you sure?' above them, referencing the supposed decision to remove Todd Howard from leading the Fallout IP. The woman facing the viewer has an excited, wide grinning expression that reflects the positive reaction of many Fallout fans to the rumored change. On the right, a seated figure with Todd Howard's face has the text 'Yes' above him, confirming the decision.

Todd Howard has been forced off the Fallout IP and will no longer be directing the next game.

This gaming meme uses the pop…

This satirical meme uses crude stick figure and Wojak art to comment on the video game industry. Multiple major game publishers and platforms including Ubisoft, Blizzard, EA, Nintendo, Epic Games, PlayStation, and Xbox are depicted as decapitated/exploding stick figures, representing their repeated anti-consumer decisions, failed launches, and self-inflicted reputational damage. The Steam platform is shown as a calm, unharmed Wojak character standing to the right. An angry bearded Wojak points at Steam and yells "Monopoly!", mocking common accusations that Steam holds an unfair monopoly, when in reality all competing platforms have actively harmed their own user bases while Steam avoids self-sabotage to remain dominant. A small GOG (Good Old Games) mascot appears as a minor, largely irrelevant competitor in the bottom right corner.

Steam does nothing and still wins

This satirical meme uses crud…

This is a 3-panel comic meme using the popular boardroom meeting suggestion format to satirize how video game companies handle piracy and competition from platforms like Steam. In the first panel, a panicked executive asks the team how to deal with Steam and game pirates. In the second panel, three team members give suggestions: the first two suggest aggressive, punitive measures (lawsuits and strict anti-piracy measures), while the third suggests the obvious solution: improving the company's own services to be good enough that people don't want to pirate or use other platforms. In the final panel, the executive reacts angrily to the sensible suggestion, and the person who gave the good suggestion is thrown out of a high-rise office window, illustrating that game companies refuse to accept the obvious correct solution and instead cling to ineffective, customer-hostile anti-piracy tactics.

Game companies just don't get it!

This is a 3-panel comic meme …