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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Knowing one's place⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, OK. I didn’t realize Lemmy was designed to be similar to Reddit. That’s a relief.

  I feel like Reddit has tried to “own” references to bacon, narwhals, some autumn month where men don’t shave, and various memes. I kinda don’t blame them for monetizing drawings and words, but as I’m sure they know very well by now, wall street wants that and.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you ever played Myst? From what I’ve read, that was the advent of the open world concept.

  Similarly, have you ever used Oculus or any of those headset games? It seems like that would work well with unbounded exploration.

  I hadn’t really thought of this previously, but maybe my pet peeve is that you’re often just being directed through someone else’s fantasy.

• Knowing one's place
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. I watched quite a lot of that video, tho I was disappointed the dominoes didn’t make a big V (for Vendetta) from above.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks – and dear god, I am doing luddite stuff online now: not replying in the thread etc.

  That’s interesting you only came to play games as an adult. I wonder how much the starting point influences the trajectory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Incidentally, I do have a rocking chair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting. So where I think I don’t like video games writ large, I may only resonate with particular genres or particular mechanics, etc(?).

  That makes sense.

  I further believe I see more sameness exist than actually exists because I simply am not as familiar with the subject matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And why is “a lot to learn” is listed as a negative? If you are enjoying what you’re doing, you probably don’t mind that it takes some time

  I agree. I guess my perception is that you have to put in a lot of time to develop a skill that cannot be transferred. However, I fully accept that may be my own sampling bias and perception from an outside perspective.

  My own lack of an appetite for longer games is completely plausibly an outgrowth of that.

  Thank you for taking the time to respond thoughtfully.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for taking the time to respond thoroughly. So – if I’m understanding – video games are an alternative to video media like TV shows? I can see vgs offering waayyy better interactivity (et al) than TV shows.

  I guess I wasn’t even thinking about TV, in part cuz I don’t watch TV. I have seen many, many movies. Recently I read “Story* by Robert McKee (the guy doing writing workshops in the movie " Adaptation”), and it was really fascinating. He essentially says story is an essential element of human existence, and your comment – well, the way I read your comment – reiterates that point. It’s not pure entertainment so much as a lens for seeing the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sincere question: why play long video games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes sense, thank you.

• Sincere question: why play long video games?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OK I dug into this. It appears this is most easily accomplished with Matrix, as it allows many-to-many audio chats. I asked for a quote. ;P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was afraid you’d say something like that.

  Dang – I have no idea how to address that…🤔

  Alright, well I’ll keep thinking.

  Thank you very much for the feedback.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s way too fancy for irc, but good idea! I will think about how to do that. Would a single still pic be useful?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  IMHO computers are made for text. As this comment illustrates.😆

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m right there with you. I already hired a guy to make a WordPress plugin for it and also another guy to make an iPhone app. The former is done, the latter is nearly done. I’m adding a feature (as I am the product designer 😜) to do in-line images – IRC sorely needs that capability.

  But yeah, both will be BSD, I think… Tho as I think this thru, I really don’t want to facilitate other end vitrification.🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  IRC