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Am I the only one, who is absolutely sick of all the baterly usable but also instanely over-animated websites that are used by cultural institutions and restaurants?

I mean, you had to outright pay for your user to suffer from that lagfest. Wouldn't it be easier to just post 6 photos of menu and your address?

And it would be better user experience too.

@eee
Then get a mirrorless. It usually comes with a good enough display to show the photo as it is.
Although, most cameras do that already. DID YOU READ THE MANUAL?

@cjd @Humpleupagus @JollyR @ned @PNS
If you claim, it's caused by technology, how do you explain this?

Shows literally a graph of falling birth rates following release of destructive technology.

Not all technology is released by Apple you know.

I know people say, that our standards for movies have fallen, but how isn't the Amazing spiderman 2 not absolute cinema again?

@beardalaxy
Fuck, I think I finally understand the artisatic snobs.

Read in fake franch accent:
The cultural impact is a fools tool to apraise the greatness of some games. A true gamer would see that the feature depth that leads to an emergent gameplay is true value that games can offer.
HAHahahaha. Imagine thinking that some pesants waste time on their Half life SLOP while I can feast on X4 🍷

I need to find a weeb chemist, to ask if Land of the Lustrous is just a long chemistry joke.

@JollyR @Humpleupagus @ned @PNS @cjd
Meanwhile, you have experiments like: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park that demonstrate, that even things like drug use are used mostly as a coping mechanism when living conditions are already so awful, you don't want to live in this world anymore.

I wish people made this experiment famous instead. Although, people are so dumb, they would misinterpret it too -_-

@JollyR @Humpleupagus @ned @PNS @cjd
Yeah... The problem is, that the popular interpretation is, that "they're not breeding, because they are just too happy with their life."

The word "utopia" is what causes this insanity.

@beardalaxy
I am sorry, but I just don't see it.
Cutscenes were in games were before half life, and shooting/explaration too. It doesn't seem like a combination, that allows for a new depth, just for a more currated experience.

If you formed the argument about immersion itself as a feature, then sure. I could see half life being a bit more immersive then doom. But I still don't see it as defining of anything.

> You can't really pick the very beginning of the genre because those are often pretty rudimentary and lack polish.

Who do you think you're talking to? I grew up eating nothing but jank.

when you're planning a class reunion and somebody suggests inviting the school shooter

@beardalaxy
If something, I would gave to compare Half life to AVP2, with 3 multiplayer compatible yet still different playstyles, all included in a single game.

@beardalaxy
Huh?
There were many FPS games before half life...
I might be really missing your point there, since it seems like a prime example of the negative to me.

When I think about all the top 10 games lists, most of them are focused either on the cultural impact or on the story/sold units.

But does that really define gaming? When I think of gaming as a separate art form, it is defined mostly by emerging gameplay and the depth of functions used to provide your experience.

So, that would make the list look something like:
Factorio
X4: Foundations
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.

So, what games can you think of, that provide a true deep gaming experience? And is there a good word, that would describe this kind of games? Because I really think, that I am mising the vocabulary to even talk about this topic.

> How am I getting mogged by roach king?

You literally called him a king, and wonder how you lost?

@cjd @Humpleupagus @ned @PNS
> People didn't stop reproducing because they might get recorded when they're dancing at the club.

That is literally the reason bruh.

Think about it. In order to open up and flirt, you need to push boundries in a socially unacceptable way. That is the entire point. To get to a point, where social norms no longer apply between the two of you.

Yet instead, now we live in a world, where there is no safe place to attempt crossing that line, and punishment for such a failure is jail and complete social condemnation.

Good luck asshole.

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