"Speedrunning" is both oedipal and laden with capital fetishism....
Bilious Black@BlakkBile
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Nov 17, 2025
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"Speedrunning" is both oedipal and laden with capital fetishism. The compulsion to play 'quickly' is a symptom which repeats the scene in which the child's play is threatened by the arrival of the Father and his violence, while also being an internalization of the drive to...
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rationalize and increase the pace of labor in the name of relative surplus value. It is a sickly form of narcissistic play which rejects the agonistic and cooperative aspects of both higher sport and simple games.
