Special Themed Restaurants and Hotels

Special themed restaurants and hotel rooms do exist. They are uncommon, however.

A RuneScape-themed restaurant might sound like a great idea. In fact, I would be tasting some of the dishes that come from the game. The problem is, will the RuneScape fanbase patronise the place? What about ex-RuneScape players or people who do not know about the game?

Themed hotel rooms dedicated to the history of companies such as Fujitsu and Panasonic sound like a great idea. However, such hotel rooms would cater more to business people. But I feel that hotel rooms dedicated to the histories of Fujitsu and Panasonic should also have the video game consoles from these two companies. If I were to stay in a Fujitsu-themed hotel room, I would like to try out the Fujitsu FM Towns Marty. In the case of a Panasonic-themed hotel room, I would be hoping to try out a Panasonic 3DO.

Despite all the problems faced by special themed restaurants and hotel rooms, these places are here to stay as long as they have paying customers.

Parallel Economy Video Game Industry

Now is the time for the parallel economy to rise, and the parallel economy should create its own video game industry by having its own video game console so that people who are boycotting Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft for various reasons can jump ship. Even better still, the parallel economy should have its very own version of Steam, which would have games that are compatible with Linux operating systems.

Whether or not 3DO manufacturers Panasonic and LG supported artistic freedom and fair use remains a mystery. But both companies are definitely better than Nintendo when it comes to customer satisfaction.

Yes, Taiwan did try to leave a footnote on video game history with the Super A'Can, which is obviously not a Famiclone. Unfortunately, it was unable to compete with consoles from established brands such as Nintendo, Sega and Sony, resulting in the discontinuation of the Super A'Can. If Taiwan wishes for its sovereignty to survive, supporting the parallel economy is the only option left for them, and they can start by joining forces with parallel economy advocates from the Anglosphere. Perhaps Taiwan will manufacture their own video game console again, so that console gamers will have a true alternative to Nintendo, PlayStation, and XBox. An alternative that promotes freedom of expression.

Console and Computer Equality

Let's face it. All of these consoles and computers featured in this comic would have moderate success in Singapore if not for the video game prohibition of 1983 that saw arcades banned for several years. Part of the prohibition included Singapore Broadcasting Corporation banning any telecast of video game commercials whatsoever. Even educational games such as Oregon Trail and Basic Math/Fun With Numbers were also affected by the prohibition.

While video game consoles and home computers were not banned by the prohibition, the period of that prohibition greatly affected the Commodore C64 and the Colecovision, and these two gaming machines were more popular than some of these consoles and computers featured in this comic. Sometimes, we just cannot have nice things, all because we had to protect our morals.