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In the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, there is an island. It's 1,700 miles from the nearest major city. The population is 220 people. There's one Steam account. @jamiehore.bsky.social set himself the ridiculous task of finding the most remote gamer in the world. This is their story:

thisweekinvideogames.comI Tracked Down the Most Remote Gamer in the WorldThe story of how Fortnite, Crash Bandicoot, and Shaquille O'Neal's fighting game Shaq Fu found their way to the most remote place in the world.

17/8/26, 7:00 am48 reposts217 likes

KurasuSoratobu

@kurasusoratobu.bsky.social

17 Aug

This is the most depressing paywall I've ever hit. D:

Scapegoat

@mrthegoat.bsky.social

17 Aug

Same. It left me with a bad taste in my mouth to see a cool post with no warning up front at all about a rug-pull halfway through. Is the next next post I see here also going to stop halfway with no warning? No idea. Can't tell.

Pokey

@junkyardcrawler.bsky.social

18 Aug

Look I know the age of giant media companies has accustomed people to always free content, but the age of ad-support is dying if not totally dead, and independents can't survive by being a rounding error on a big media corp's budget either. You gotta pay for good stuff sometimes.

KurasuSoratobu

@kurasusoratobu.bsky.social

18 Aug

Agreed. And if the post had made it clear that 'This is a paid post' or 'To read this article, you need to be a paying member', I'd be more forgiving.

Scapegoat

@mrthegoat.bsky.social

18 Aug

It's totally fair to have paid-only content. I completely agree. My complaint is the lack of any sort of identification as paid content until one is halfway through reading the article. Mark the post and/or mark the top of the article. Doing otherwise just feels sneaky and a little gross.