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Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023

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Then you can care all you want. Just like there are a few guys who still care enough to update an 19 year old mod for a 21 year old game that is played by less than a few hundred people.

"Not many books are published for men" does not mean "not many men want to buy books".

The 19 year old mod is both hard to get and not something many people want. The publishing industry situation is basically a principal/agent problem where the things that get published don't follow the market.

I didn't say that was the case.

If you started marketing Battlefield 1942 I'm sure plenty of people would start playing it again. That doesn't answer the question of why that should be done or be considered important. Why should a bunch of women care about publishing books for 'blokes'? These women seem perfectly happy reveling in the current situation.

If you started marketing Battlefield 1942 I'm sure plenty of people would start playing it again.

Battlefield 1942 was marketed back when it was new and at some point people stopped buying it despite the marketing. So I don't think this is true.

They stopped buying it, not playing it. That happened with the release of new games, primarily Battlefield 2.

But that's all very much besides the point, which pertained to why, if you had the ability to funnel attention to something, it should be done. Sure, your hobby feels important to you. But that's what everyone feels towards their hobby.