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Argument: "EMPRESS is Robin Hood." This is the stance EMPRESS herself takes. In her manifestos, she argues that modern gaming is "surveillance capitalism." She claims that forcing a user to ask for permission to run a local executable is an "unjust hierarchy." Whether you agree with the philosophy or find it self-aggrandizing, it fuels her work.

For the average gamer in 2025? Play Resident Evil Village on Game Pass, buy it on Steam during a sale, or enjoy the PSVR2 version. But if you are a digital archaeologist, a modder, or a student of DRM warfare, you owe it to yourself to examine the release.