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It struck me last night while playing how much this game leans towards capitalist prostitution of oneself. Basically, the idea is to make money. To improve your farm. To attract a mate. So the message is money = success = attractiveness.
But it gets worse. To make friends with people, you have to give them gifts, so you're basically buying friends. Worse still, is the same applies to your girlfriend, and eventual wife!
So, what this game is telling us is that only people with money who can afford nice things can have a happy life by buying love.
And it looked like such a nice, fwuffy game.
But it gets worse. To make friends with people, you have to give them gifts, so you're basically buying friends. Worse still, is the same applies to your girlfriend, and eventual wife!
So, what this game is telling us is that only people with money who can afford nice things can have a happy life by buying love.
And it looked like such a nice, fwuffy game.
Meka Dragon wrote:
> My wife sees the game in quite a different way. She works the poor
> little guy to exhaustion every day.
>
> It's more like slave labour when she plays it. He's not even allowed
> to talk to other people, unless he's buying stuff to make him more
> money.
There's probably a metaphor for how she wants to treat you in there somewhere.....
In any case, it's not suprising. I can't imagine your wife would have much interest in chatting up girls (assuming that you're a fella, and she's therefore straight - anything's possible in a modern world).
> My wife sees the game in quite a different way. She works the poor
> little guy to exhaustion every day.
>
> It's more like slave labour when she plays it. He's not even allowed
> to talk to other people, unless he's buying stuff to make him more
> money.
There's probably a metaphor for how she wants to treat you in there somewhere.....
In any case, it's not suprising. I can't imagine your wife would have much interest in chatting up girls (assuming that you're a fella, and she's therefore straight - anything's possible in a modern world).
My wife sees the game in quite a different way. She works the poor little guy to exhaustion every day.
It's more like slave labour when she plays it. He's not even allowed to talk to other people, unless he's buying stuff to make him more money.
It's more like slave labour when she plays it. He's not even allowed to talk to other people, unless he's buying stuff to make him more money.
I'm importing this game for the N64 soon! Wahey! It's one of the games I always wanted that was never released over here and maybe Snowboard Kids 2.
Sin and Punishment
Anyhoo....
Is Harvest Moon the same game on the Playstation as it is on the N64 or is it different?
Ta
Sin and Punishment
Anyhoo....
Is Harvest Moon the same game on the Playstation as it is on the N64 or is it different?
Ta
It struck me last night while playing how much this game leans towards capitalist prostitution of oneself. Basically, the idea is to make money. To improve your farm. To attract a mate. So the message is money = success = attractiveness.
But it gets worse. To make friends with people, you have to give them gifts, so you're basically buying friends. Worse still, is the same applies to your girlfriend, and eventual wife!
So, what this game is telling us is that only people with money who can afford nice things can have a happy life by buying love.
And it looked like such a nice, fwuffy game.
But it gets worse. To make friends with people, you have to give them gifts, so you're basically buying friends. Worse still, is the same applies to your girlfriend, and eventual wife!
So, what this game is telling us is that only people with money who can afford nice things can have a happy life by buying love.
And it looked like such a nice, fwuffy game.