• kbal@fedia.io
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    That’s right “industry execs” — you just need to turn down the romance by 40% and the sex by 15%, add 50% more friendship and 25% more adventure, control for the desired level of political correctness, add just the right variety of behavioural feedback loops, and you’ll have a maximally profitable game.

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      23 hours ago

      maximally profitable game

      See, it really is just an algorithm that can be nailed down perfectly, and I’ve got an entire floor of statisticians and market analysts that agree it’ll make me berjillions!!!1!!

      Lpt: they’re also telling me more statisticians and market analysts will help boost my numbers too! Jackpot!

      -an executive, somewhere, in nearly every corporate office