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🕑 Added 2020-08-05 15:09:43 +0000 UTC

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Kait Hatch

Just be there without having to do anything as the Win State. That's like a gamer version of Buddhism right there. *laughs*

This is kinda more what I was hoping for in no man's sky, but I've been playing that for about 20 hours now and the story feels like it's kinda getting in the way of me exploring? Maybe I'd feel differently if there was no story

JTalbain

I never could put my finger on why it annoyed me so much that games would get dubbed "walking simulators" when they were clearly games that were based on narrative and the occasional puzzle. Finally realized that they were actually the evolution of adventure games. It's amazing how toxic conversations about gaming taxonomy can get.

Snapping Snapper

I love that you point that out, there are so many times in games where I just stop to smell flowers and let the atmosphere of a game wash over me, completely forgetting that I must do something actually "productive" and I can just be there alone with my thoughts on a stroll, that's digital flânerie at its peak.

matt

oh I *really* like the Myst comparison - you're right, if these worlds are mostly procedurally generated, even if they contain a few purposeful design elements to 'tie it all together,' that's totally how The Art of beginning Age-writers is represented - sometimes fantastical, often unstable, sometimes fantastical. What a cool take. I think I'm gonna this up now.