There’s only one game that I’ve shifted from endorsing to boycotting on this channel. This event occurred 4 years ago and I haven’t publicly explained why. Join me while I reminisce on Virtual Popstar and my falling out with this game.
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If you don’t remember this game, don’t worry, the videos I made on Virtual Popstar have cumulatively driven less than 10K views, making up under 1% of the views I’ve had on this channel. There are 37 videos on this channel that have individually received more views than the 7 Virtual Popstar videos combined. When I mention these 7 videos, I will include snippets. This isn’t a pop quiz, you don’t have to go watch them. I’ll include everything you need here.
So, what is virtual popstar?
Virtual popstar is a browser-based, doll dress-up game. The gameplay itself includes campaigning to drive fans for the avatar’s pop music career. What that functionally looks like is completing tasks by exchanging on-site currency to transport the avatar to different locations to perform concerts.
Here’s what happened: an Everskies game manager reached out to me and asked me to take a look at their site. After clicking around and chatting, someone mentioned to me that they didn’t know why I stopped making videos about Virtual Popstar and I realized I had been keeping a secret for a very long time.
It’s likely that a lot of you are going to think I’m making a mountain out of a mole hill with the exchange. In preparation for that, I tried to provide rationale for how I would come to feel disrespected.
Not only was it laughable that I would be paid for making video content at his request, but the value of my game contributions, of which the designs were coherent enough to be immediately implemented nearly exactly as they were designed, were unrecognized and belittled.
I didn’t want to keep this story quiet anymore. If I had this sort of interaction while advocating for myself with Kaj, I’m positive there are other stories out there that we would all benefit from hearing.
Ultimately, I feel like I do have a debt to pay as far as giving transparency about my interactions with developers. There was a reason I stopped playing and mentioning Virtual Popstar and that decision was noticed. My subscribers deserve to know what’s up.
My Game Boycott: Virtual Popstar 2020
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