Play Is Power: Why Gamers Must Defend Their Digital Future

Gamers have fought for everything in games. Now it’s time to fight for them!

At over 500 views in just over 24 hours,  this is the biggest response to any one of our articles so far! I want to thank you all very much for taking the time to stop and read our defense of gamers' interests and promotion of Consumer Rights (especially in our arts/entertainment category.) This is about more than just a cause or a commercial concern, however — it is our culture we're standing up for, here! It has marketplaces, we have local town halls, but at the end of the day, we go home and we game. We come from gaming—sometimes thinking or dreaming; we act in our gamer ways! We return to it as often as we do, and share our passion and enthusiasm for it with all who will hear! We don't just love to buy, sell or trade, memorize stats or trivia. Or just get merch, or just make arts and crafts of our own! Actually, it's a little bit of all of that, for all of us. And a whole lot of that for any number of those things for some of us! It's just not something we will put down too easily and walk away—that's true for almost all of us! We seize challenges when they are in front of us. Maybe more digitally than not, but our dedication is not to be questioned! We're exemplars at choosing our own battles—even if they do tend to come in pre-defined, set formats and with preestablished goals. We choose them! How many can say that? Gamers demonstrate keenness not all possess! We show spirit that sometimes may be seen to be lacking in those who do not game. Even as we recline in seclusion, we are not lacking connection to the worlds we enter, witness, and play in! We make them real by our engagement! We bring to life, may end, and foster all manner of evolutions of the concepts animated by our minds. Gamers are versatile, capable and ready champions. Most of the time, it is for causes other than our own personal IRL ones. We spread our time and spend it in and among many fictional worlds which tantalize us. We may not choose the same paths as others in life on account of this; our interest is devoted to inner worlds, as much, mayhaps, at times, moreso than the outer! Yet we live and may thrive in both on terms a little more of our choosing than is typical! “This isn’t just about saving games. It’s about safeguarding

the culture we’ve formed around them.” Gamers— It’s time we direct just a little of that boundless energy, that organizing genius we lend to raids, marathons, mods, and campaigns… toward something that’s ours to defend. Not just someone else’s brand, story, or platform—but our right to keep what we paid for, to access what we own, and to preserve the medium we helped build. We’re calling on you to complete the Stop Killing Games petition—not as a final step, but a first. A statement. That we will not be passive as corporations shutter access to titles we bought in good faith. That our time, our creativity, our joy matters. That digital doesn’t mean disposable!

This isn’t just about saving games. It’s about safeguarding the culture we’ve formed around them. A culture we made with our own hands—one memory card, combo, keybind, spreadsheet, cosplay, speedrun, LAN party, and late-night theory-craft at a time! A culture worth defending, and one uniquely ours, wherever we may come from! Fraternities at play; sororities in sport!

Join us not just in signing, but in organizing, advocating, and holding the line. We invite you into the Gaming Brethren Advocates crew! A Mutual-aid Federation & Society (GBAMFS)—a place where gamer identity meets long-term strategy. Where we look out for each other, globally. Where we face the digital world not as consumers, but as wayfarers in the great arcade of human expression.

A new day is dawning, and gamers—humble, skeptical, sharp-eyed gamers—stand at the threshold of their own civic horizon. Let's step forward with intent!

Sign & Join here:

https://gbamfs.org/joinus#petitions

You’ve fought for loot. For lore. For glory.

Now, fight for your own future!