Luigi Mangione

The man just could not stop solving problems.

… I legit know folks at firaxis, I didn’t know this.

I’m gonna ask if it’s true lmaoo

okay see I was in favor of what he did but his politics were kind of incoherent so I couldn't jump on the 'idolize this man' train.

I guess now I gotta.

He's like a real life, "most interesting man in the world".

he's been working on fixing civilization all along

Remember then the media was calling him a Techbro instead of a tech worker? Yeah, he was never a Techbro.

Free Luigi

From the Newsweek article:

Civilization VI, or 'Civ IV,'

Sophie! Don't you know your Roman Numerals?

So "Fix Civ Bugs" is new code for "Eat the rich" and it's not even doublespeak.

Civilization has these bugs where some people can get ultra wealthy and ruin it for everyone. As Devs, we need to fix that.

Taking bets on how long before discussing fixing Civ bugs gets you banned on r*ddit

I get him now. Using Jira has made me want to kill people too.

Everyday more info comes out about him the more likeable he becomes.

Bro was fixing civ before he decided to try to fix civ manually 😛

Better free him so he can fix the UI in Civ7

Man knows how to remove a bug

a true patriot would organize a team to break this guy out of jail.

Saving Civilization, one bug at a time.

Elon Musk the fat roller pays people to get him high scores in games for clout.

Luigi Mangioni fixes 25% of ~~all ~~ UI bugs in Civilization 6.

The difference couldn’t be clearer.

This actually makes an incredible amount of sense. Anyone who has played any of the Civs for long enough knows that taking out the right unit at the right time can change the entire face of the map. Imagine having that kind of tactical gameplay drilled into your head every day for 8-10 hours a day as a developer.

At some point, the lines between the game, the job, and real life must have become blurred. Civ is a virtual abstraction of real life. The healthcare industry is a bureaucratic one, twisted from being a service that cares for people to one that only keeps you alive as long as you can pay.

The goal in every video game is to kill the boss. The sad fallacy of this approach to political action is that there's always another boss waiting in line to take his place, and the machinery of evil barely blinks an eye at the average murderous vigilante. If Luigi hadn't have been caught, and just disappeared into the night, we wouldn't be talking about him now - the murder would have faded from our awareness with the news cycle's constant obsession over Trump.

Instead, the police did the worst thing they could have done.

They caught him.

And this meant that the faceless masked murderer became a cute rich Italian guy who had a fire in his eyes and the name of one of the most beloved video game characters of all time. By dragging him out in chains in a performative perp-walk, the cops were demonstrating their loyalty to the oligarchy who run the country (and the Healthcare chuds are a big part of that machine), and at the same time, managed to make him into a living martyr.

Because everyone, everywhere, who has ever played a Super Mario Brothers game in their life, has been Luigi at one time or another.

Now there's no chance at even a semblance of a fair trial, and they've guaranteed that the mere mention of his name will draw eyeballs and has the potential to start a riot, or inspire more gunmen.

All because of video games....

Guess they weren't a waste of time after all, Mom....

Reality is just taking the piss now isn't it.

He has that results-oriented mindset

Bruh 🤣

I thought this was The Onion