Pubmart Shopping Network (Skit) - 2017 Vidya Gaem Awards
1The Pubmart Shopping Network skit was submitted by Shuttah for the 2017 Vidya Gaem Awards. It's presented in the style of HSN and QVC, but the items for sale are all satirical takes on real-world practices in the industry, such as:
The Classic Nostalgia Package: This package pokes fun at developers and publishers who re-release old games for profit, often without making significant improvements. In the skit, a buyer named NostKid97 gleefully plans to use the package to make money by duping these publishers.
The Modding Support Package: This package is a dig at companies who profit from modders' free creations for their games. The skit depicts Bethesda Softworks purchasing the package, presumably with the intention of charging players for mods that were previously available for free.
The Loot Box Package: Pretty self-explanatory, a package that allows players to buy random in-game items. The host of the skit describes loot boxes as a way to "dodge anti-gambling legislation" and "get your players addicted." The Borg EA decides to join in and describe its objectives to the host before he ultimately refuses its advances.
You may be wondering what's on the Loot Box Package. I asked Google Gemini that too. It responded in part, "That, my friend, is the future of gaming."
Goddamn.
From the 2017 Vidya Gaem Awards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hyRHdEteto
https://2017.vidyagaemawards.com/credits