Recently, there is a game that has put global players collectively in a moral dilemma, but this dilemma is a little special — it is not whether to save the princess or the world, but which Pal should be asked to work overtime until dawn. _Palworld_, a game nicknamed “Pokemon with Gun”, has recently become popular with its unique “capital simulator” experience.
The Pals in the game not only have to fight to kill the enemy, but also have to be responsible for construction, mining and farming. They can be called all-round workers in the game world. The players soon found that these little guys can even endure more than the real 996 programmers, so the community spontaneously set off a “best employee” selection boom. Some people say that Galeclaw is too much of a workaholic, and one person can do the work of three people; some people praise that Incineram is a real labor model, and it is still working conscientiously at three o’clock in the morning. The most outrageous thing is that some players actually developed a strange operation to shoot Pal as an arrow. If this were in the real world, I’m afraid the defendant would have gone to the labor arbitration court long ago.
Just as the players were immersed in the joy of “being the boss is really good”, a powerful “Pal Rights Movement” quietly rose on the Internet. All kinds of synopsis have sprung up like bamboo shoots: there are photos of Pal paralyzed on the construction site, with the text “Can you get off work on time today”; a group of Pal protested with a sign saying “We have two days off”; and even some players spoofed the “Pal Labor Law”. The most funny thing is that players with a good conscience found that they built an “staff lounge” for Pal in the game, although there was nothing but a straw mat in it.
The best thing about this online carnival is that every player can experience the taste of being a capitalist. During the day, he was pushed by the boss in reality, and at night, he urged Pal to rush to work in the game. This scene is very philosophical to think about. Many players let Pal live in a leaky wooden house while confessing on the forum: “I’m really a devil”; obviously they can catch a new Pal, but they have to let the injured one continue to work; watching the Pal work day and night, someone suddenly understood the boss’s happiness. I’m afraid that only those who have played it in person can experience this kind of ambivalence.
_Palworld_ can be popular not only because it combines _Pokémon_ and survival construction well, but also because it cleverly hits a real pain point: what choice will we make when we have the opportunity to play the role of “exploiter”? But seriously, if the boss in reality is like in the game, he can give a leaky shed to make the employee 007, I'm afraid he would have been arbitrated by labor long ago. So all “Bosses of Pals”, play and cherish it!
What “guilt-inducing” operations have you done in the game? Is it to let the injured Pals continue to work, or did you come up with some clever tricks to exploit Pals? Welcome to share your “capitalist” experience in the comment section!
