Senator Ted Cruz is a man who were I to list all his politicaland moralshortcomingsĀ wouldbe detainingyou for hours. He is also, like most of us, someone who plays video games, and how he plays them will not be a surprise to anyone.
Hereās a little excerpt from the latest episode of Cruzās own podcast, which he runs with co-host Michael Knowles:
Ted says he is āa gamer,ā and reveals his strategy: āYou can buy in-game items and make your character stronger or get advantages. Iāll confess, I buy it because itās a lot more fun if suddenly your character has a lot of great stuff that would take you 6-12 months to build up.ā pic.twitter.com/qECn4OvBjT
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 21, 2022
That clip and quotes above are missing a bit of the conversation; the actual segment from his podcast runs a little longer, and Cruz says in full (Iāve removed a little bit where they go off-topic):
Video games are designed to be addictive. Now, Iām something of a gamer, Iām not a gamer like hardcore Twitch streamers, and I donāt do the massive multiplayer games…I donāt like it when you can buy in-game items and sort of make your character stronger, or get advantages.
Now Iāll confess, when I play some games, Iāll sometimes buy it, cuz it is more fun if suddenly your character has a lot more great stuff that would take you six months or a year to build up. So sometimes Iāll, okay, Iāll spend 20 bucks and buy a, you know, a treasure chest full of coins, cuz then I can spend them to get cool things in the game.
As one reply to the above tweet says, āāIāve never heard Republican economic policy summarized so succinctlyā.
For the record, while this looks likea speedrun through the definition of āhypocrisyā, something the Senator is no stranger to, for context the clip is actually part of a longer conversation where Cruz is basically saying that, while he will spend money in order to get to the front of the line faster, he thinks having stuff like loot boxes in games aimed at kids is a very bad idea
