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Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routin... by dysosmia on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:39AM (#22546208)
It would probably be in bad taste to theme it so...on the nose, but I'd believe that it's a good time to be releasing a fresh game right now. It's certainly a terrible time for games in development, with work collaboration maybe disrupted and with all the big publicity events getting cancelled, and it's a bad time for other media that bank a lot on physical releases (e.g. theatrical releases for movies getting pushed back), but the at-home media out now could find an audience with more time than they otherwise might have.
Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routin... by muzani on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:48AM (#22546264)
I don't know. I started playing Pandemic again. Play is a form of experimentation and learning, and what better way to experiment than zombie games?
Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routin... by bonzini on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:15AM (#22546496)
I don't think it would be in bad taste if it's clearly hyperbolic and perhaps it is coupled with informational messages. PornHub is famous for doing this.

There's also a funeral services company in Rome whose death-themed ads have become a meme ("don't worry antivaxers, we will always be ready to help if you die"), we love it. :-)

Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routin... by saagarjha on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:20AM (#22546553)
Antivaxxers are generally not liked very much; it’s fairly “safe” to make fun of them. Doing so for coronavirus when people have family members who may have it is significantly less so.
Re:Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routin... by bonzini on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @12:30PM (#22547114)
Too late: https://www.facebook.com/onoranzefunebritaffo/photos/a.79642...

(translation: "stay at home or we will all end up in a box")