After decades of climate deception, Shell uses Fortnite to court demographic most concerned about climate change::undefined
This is corpo bullshit, in proper cyberpunk mood. We could need a Silverhand soon.
After decades of climate deception, Shell uses Fortnite to court demographic most concerned about climate change
Submitted 7 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
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emptyother@programming.dev 7 months ago
unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
This isn’t the onion ???
morg@zorg.social 7 months ago
Is Fortnite still actively popular? I haven’t heard much about it for a long time.
sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
The game had stabilized into a fun formula. It’s still pretty popular account kids. I play with other middle-aged dads and have a good time.
nocturne213@lemm.ee 7 months ago
My best friend got my playing it, he started playing it with his 6 year old son. But since my friend died last year I only play when his son calls me to join him. Hearing this news I will be canceling my subscription however.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 months ago
Sorry for your loss
GhostMutt@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
As far as I can tell, this doesn’t have anything to do with Epic Games, the developers. Shell was paying twitch streamers directly to promote their initiative through playing Fortnite.
emptyother@programming.dev 7 months ago
My nephew and his friends has been obsessed with it for a year now. He’s 9. They are still releasing seasons and skins I have to buy for him. The relatively recent Futurama ones were cool.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 months ago
Yes, very
csolisr@communities.azkware.net 7 months ago
Tim Sweeney taking cash from yet another morally questionable source after Tencent? Why does this surprise me so little.
0U714W@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Fucking screw each of those streamers. Shameless cretins.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Imagine being like, mildly famous and wealthy.
Kind of at the point of your fantasy where you would start helping others because you’re a “good person!” so you will buy you mom a house. She did everything for you after all. You do a couple of those things and then it’s like… you know what I’m going to take money from big oil.
like what the FUCK. During a record breaking summer!!! And If I remember correctly the last 2 or more summers were also record breaking!
And the American winters are either warmer than usual or colder. Wait sorry I’m high what was the subject? Video games? Lol
echodot@feddit.uk 7 months ago
But what if I want to become a streamer and then have a questionable relationship with a teenager half my age (technically legal but still dodgy), while also promoting my own gambling site and energy drink? Oh, and a pay to win Minecraft server.
What if that’s my actual goal. It’s okay then right?
ozmot@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wow buddy let’s not insult cretins by comparing them to twitch streamers.
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Never got the appeal of paying to watch internet randos faff about to begin with, so screw streamers in general?
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
It’s like watching sports, except you also have someone cracking jokes and being effectively a stand-up comedian.
But also, you’re assuming people always actively watch, which is not always the case. I tend to play a game on my main stream, whole having a stream (or vod) open on another.
In addition, it’s also a bit like hanging out with a friend and watching them play. It’s basically sharing stuff and experiences with others, which is fun, even if you’re not a direct participant.
…and also, as the other commenter mentioned, there are games which you don’t really want to play, but are still interesting to watch.
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
There’s some games I want to see, but don’t want to purchase or climb the learning wall or whatever. That said, I prefer vods to live streams.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Some of the vtubers I follow are functionally stand up/improve comedians or music performers.