It’s been said repeatedly ITT through the years but it needs to be said again.
As much of a relentless narcissistic piece of shit he is, every time I read something like this I can’t help but feel bad for Dave. Mobile games are complete cancer that are designed to exploit lonely people with gambling addictions, and that’s what we’re witnessing in real time.
Just to put it in perspective, the most I’ve ever sank into a game was around $400 into DLC modules for Digital Combat Simulator (double that if you count the HOTAS setup), but even though that game kept me entertained and stimulated for years, I made a bunch of friends online, and it gave me a whole bunch of real-world knowledge on how fighter jets and air tactics work, I cringe at how much money I ended up throwing at it. I got a lot out of it, but it wasn’t cheap.
The idea that someone would pay that much on a knockoff Bejeweled, every week is just depressing. Even as his income begins to dry up, DSP is pissing away any potential retirement he may have in the future, and is setting himself up to have to beg for tips to pay medical bills and Kat’s alimony in his parents Connecticut basement into his 60s and 70s and until he gracelessly expires. He will ultimately do it to himself, but I don’t believe DSP truly deserves that. His ego is too big and he is too narcissistic to ask for help and try to put a stop to it while he still can.
Maybe this why I’m still here years later, unable to look away or escape. The corner-case of Phil challenges my moral code in a way no one else can.