games

I saw a game on there called Big Ambitions, some kind of tycoon game where you're building businesses. The game starts by you having a wealthy uncle who gives you $13k and tells you to get a job for two days before having his friend give you a $15k loan to open a store selling cheap souvenirs from the wholesaler down the street.

It really is a capitalism simulator. I've been taking notes all night and the only one seems to be "Have an uncle".

edit: Actually, everyone should pirate it. It's not a bad game, in the vein of The Guild II, and I like the unspoken message about capitalism. I live in a studio apartment my uncle pays for, drive my uncle's car which I can't afford to repair, and the only economical food option for me is hamburgers from the grill between my souvenir shop and my empty apartment. I bought a business before I took a single course in business administration, and taking that course at the only university means spending $80/hr to sit in an empty room using a computer.

Despite all of that, I fancy myself a capitalist and my uncle is breastfeeding me to greatness. It's so goddamn bleak.