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Podcast: The Dollar Vigilante
Episode: Jeff Berwick On Having The Most Fun Ever In The Giant 3D Apocalypse Video Game
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I haven’t watched a movie or played a video game in years. But the intrinsic ingredient of a dystopian world is the same:
A society that might look ideal on the surface but in reality is heavily flawed or anarchic. It has bizarre rules and customs that the citizens are supposed to abide by, and the government makes sure they do.
Our current game world is set in a world where governments and privateers uniformly loath individualism, privacy and independence. These controllers and elitists have three goals: Obstruct autonomy. Blow up self-sovereignty. And destroy the...