>>138421 >Does anyone still have Gamestop shares? Only the fag from /b/ who keeps bumping his own thread.

>>138423 Well, I hope anyone who isn't a faggot and invested on it got some good money. But seriously, was Wallstreet hit hard because of it? The last thing I've heard was that they lost many millions on that scheme.

Mental health online: will the metaverse just make everything worse? >Experts believe virtual reality could help treat a variety of mental illnesses — but only if tech companies put people before profit >Back in October 2021, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was rebranding Facebook and changing his company’s name to Meta. In a Founder’s Letter, he gushed about “the next chapter for the internet” and his plans for the social network’s future. >The next platform will be even more immersive – an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it,” he wrote. “We call this the metaverse, and it will touch every product we build.” >While Zuckerberg’s metaverse platform – named Horizon Worlds – is new, the concept of ‘the metaverse’ is almost as old as the internet itself. In layman’s terms, a metaverse is a virtual reality that exists beyond the physical world in which we live. >The term was coined by the writer Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel, Snow Crash, in which characters use digital avatars of themselves as a way of escaping a dystopian reality. >Many internet users and gamers will have already dabbled in metaverses. In the 1990s there was the online community LambdaMOO, a text-based, early iteration of a metaverse. Then came the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Second Life, which launched in 2003. >Other games and online platforms since then such as Club Penguin, Fortnite, and Animal Crossing are also essentially metaverses in their own right. https://archive.ph/eo0kP EA says Battlefield 2042 did not meet expectations >During its Q3 2022 earnings call, publisher EA confirmed that Battlefield 2042 did not meet expectations, though the company declined to give details on how many players the game saw or how many copies were sold. >This came shortly after the news that Season One of Battlefield 2042 is being delayed to sometime early in summer 2022. >EA also noted that while Battlefield 2042's sales were "disappointing," it was offset by the success of other games such as Madden NFL 22 and FIFA 22. >EA reported net bookings of $7.25 billion overall, up 22% year-over-year from EA's Q2 2021 results. Growth in the ongoing battle royale shooter Apex Legends was also noted, with monthly active player count up more than 30% year-over-year. >Despite previously expressing interest in NFTs and blockchain technology, EA stated that these concepts are not something the company is "driving on" and will evaluate as time goes on. >Looking ahead, EA is putting more resources behind the Battlefield franchise, with additional content being developed by Ripple Effect and a new Seattle-based team, while Respawn Entertainment founder Vince Zampella is overseeing the Battlefield series as a whole. >EA is also working on both licensed and original games in the years to come, with Motive Studios working on Dead Space remake and BioWare handling the next Dragon Age and Mass Effect games. Meanwhile, Respawn Entertainment is working on three different Star Wars games, including a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. https://archive.ph/JpS4n

>>138424 >But seriously, was Wallstreet hit hard because of it? The last thing I've heard was that they lost many millions on that scheme. Got so bad ton their end the ((("Robin hood"))) app locked down all it's useful features thus stopping it's users from buying/trading and got sued for it but the cost they payed doing borderline illegal shit was probably a fraction of what they'd loose if they didn't, or so I'm sure they calculated so. Yet another reason not to use a Smart Phone for anything other than texting/calling. Also mind you r/Wall_Street_Bet's and r/GME was taken down for "antisemitism", thought I'd mention that just to let it sink in on how incredibly pissed off (((Wall Street))) is about it still and towards fucking Redditors of all people.

>>138424 I think they kept doubling down and short selling even more to recoup losses, until people ran out of shares to buy to drive the price up and platforms like robinhood forced selling (in a conflict of interest since one of the investors was shorting gme, but also just because they piggyback their "free" service on high frequency trading).

>>138426 I know all of that, is just that after that there was no talk about the stocks and shit. Still, it looks like Gamestop wasted the opportunity memenvesters gave them.

>>138428 >Still, it looks like Gamestop wasted the opportunity memenvesters gave them. Well there's a reason their company is slowly going down the gutter that or the CEO's were in on it too somehow. But that's just purely speculation at that point until proven otherwise. Would be nice if they had some balls and embraced the Plebbitors bros.

>>138425 >Experts believe virtual reality could help treat a variety of mental illnesses I wish I had an X button big enough for this doubt.

>>138430 By treatment they mean indulgence.

>>138411 >cuck/pol/ >no legitimate archives from articles Anyway, fuck furgags. They are just as cancerous as trannies

>>138432 >furgags I mean furfags, FUCK!

>>138434 Your first 3 screenshots are all fake. Don't post fake screenshots without saying they're fake (and don't post real articles without archiving).

>>138435 not only fake, but old fakes from over a year ago when the retards started pushing this 2iq pump and dump

>>138435 >>138436 Imagine being so low IQ that you demand admission of negative confirmation from others in order to properly, mentally reject informational potentials instead of simply requiring verified positives for personally verifying truths. How about you go and watch more than one channel on the television next time and then have an existential crisis while questioning your carefully constructed reality, plebs. It’s nobodies job to tell you what’s real, especially on an imageboard. The internet is serious business.

So, should we start baking or let the thread reach 700 cause the latter has been the case for a little while.

>>138438 > let the thread reach 700 That's been the process for years.

https://odysee.com/@UpperEchelonGamers:3/the-acquisition-wars-of-gaming-have:c What should the next thread theme be? I'm in favor of having a fag bag thread personally. >>138438 >So, should we start baking or let the thread reach 700 cause the latter has been the case for a little while. Most anons know how to use the search bar and or pres Ctrl+F so it doesn't really matter either way honestly.

>>138440 I was thinking a superheroine theme I've been wanting to make.

>>138437 >when you try to sound morally superior but end up sounding like a lorem ipsum generator because youre too retarded

>>138440 Are you implying there's something gay about carrying a murse?

>>138443 >there's something gay about carrying a murse It's not necessarily, but it certainly is a sign of a henpecked husband. Or a wife that doesn't understand her man, and why she intially married him, at all.

>>138437 >I should be able to just lie to people in a way that looks informational, with pictures, and have no one say anything >lol, your bad for believing me, and the internet doesn't matter anyway if it's my bad Nigger.

>>138441 I don't think it's a good idea. Lately threads with lewd OP have been horrible in terms of shit posting and drama.

>>138443 Of course not, man-purses are pure testosterone filled masculinity.

>>138446 Well, what's new and relevant for the new thread theme? I know appealing bans do shit, but fuck, tor posting is annoying.

>>138448 Since I've got the OP for it filled out already /v/alentine's Day

>>138449 Might as well just go with that, damn.

>>138449 Activate it!

>>138449 >inb4 the thread devolves into /r9k/-tier posts about lonely virgins not having a loved one

>>138449 >valentine's day Why not make it themed after characters named valentine?

so here we are once again

>>138404 From the thumbnail I thought Michael Jackson came back to life.

NEW BREAD! >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 >>533338 NEW BREAD!

>>138451 I'd love to Quints man but ehhhh: >>138456 Somebody beat me to it >>138453 That is actually what I had included along with >>138454 but should we go with that thread or no?

>>138415 That went from reasonable to schizo territory real fast, woo boy.