I could see the Golgafrinchan telephone sanitizer situation coming to pass.

I don't know how well known it is, but this sort of information is visible already on https://isthereanydeal.com.

Click on a game and look for "Waitlist Price Distribution" under the "Stats" tab:

Your first mistake is giving Amazon money.

Since you are a person "with knowledge of how any of it works", please share with the class what those penalties and repercussions are. Educate us poor ignorant "random Internet citizens".

20 years on, it still rings true: The Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory

This is what a Lovecraft story looks like from the eldritch beings' perspective.

Judging by this comment thread I'm not the only one who's like "you can have them, but I don't know if you're going to want them"

"Spending a huge chunk of the budget on dishonest advertising and then releasing a significantly different, half-broken game is still cool though."

Turns out "Bootsy Collins" was just Daddy Electric's stage name.