There’s a website dedicated to “liberating” all copies of the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo game “Shaq Fu“, as well as deterring funding for an upcoming sequel.
Their reasoning is as follows:
Reasons for LIBERATING:
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You prevent other generations from feeling the corruption of this game and its evil.
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You clear up the enormous copies of Shaq-Fu lying on the shelves in used console game stores. By doing so, you remove it from public display so that people will not be reminded of the game’s existence.
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Purchasing many copies of the game shifts the demand schedule, consequently raising the price. Even though it costs you more money, it reduces the incentive for a non-liberator to buy the game; a worthwhile sacrifice.
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By getting it from another person, you remove the burden and embarrassment they feel.
It’s sort of a combination of Everything Is Terrible‘s quest to own every copy of Jerry Maguire, and the landfill mass grave of Atari ET games.