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I don't think gaming will work for Stack Overflow...too general...all those gaming forums he mentions tend to revolve around a single game or a series. And Sta

by vaksel 16y ago

I don't think gaming will work for Stack Overflow...too general...all those gaming forums he mentions tend to revolve around a single game or a series. And Stack Exchange just doesn't subcategorize well...yes they have tags...but if you have a question about a specific game, you are more likely to go to thatspecificgameforum.com rather than posting on a general site hoping someone there actually played the game in question

city41 16y ago
Also a very large aspect of discussing gaming is subjective. More general gaming sites involve people talking about their favorite games, best game in <genre>, etc. Stack Exchange sites are really anti-subjectivity, which reduces a lot of the potential discussion for gaming. Take this question for example: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2168/relaxing-games-for-ps2-closed http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2168/relaxing-game...
- Lewisham 16y ago
  That's exactly the sort of question that gaming forums thrive on. I'm going to have to go through some of the meta-discussion on this site to see what they actually think should be there :/
- tetha 16y ago
  For the right games, discussing parts of the game is also really hard and require quite a number of elaboration to get done properly. Just check out the number of theorycraft there is about starcraft BW and 2, about the Civilization games and so on. I just cannot see how this would fit into such a simple question/answer-system, given that quite often there is no single answer. (Consider e.g. Broodwar: What is a strong opening build as zerg? Well.. there are around 3-5 possibilities into 2 possibilities into 2-3 other possibilities, and there is a certain dependency on the enemy and the map. Good luck fitting all of that in a single answer).
Lewisham 16y ago
Yes, the signal/noise ratio on this site is going to be brutal. Gaming forums typically reduce the cognitive load by having single threads/boards for discussions about one game. The StackExchange model is just going to blitz you; I'd be surprised if questions stay on the FP longer than 2 minutes, let alone get answered. The gamedev StackExchange beta seems to be doing OK. I've never really jumped in to answer questions on SO, but I have been trying here. I'm surprised that people seem so compelled to answer, it's terribly unrewarding to put time and effort into a response and get no reply or one or two upvotes. It hardly seems worth it. I'll stick to forums where actually discussion can occur.

by vaksel 16y ago

city41 16y ago

Also a very large aspect of discussing gaming is subjective. More general gaming sites involve people talking about their favorite games, best game in <genre>, etc. Stack Exchange sites are really anti-subjectivity, which reduces a lot of the potential discussion for gaming. Take this question for example: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2168/relaxing-games-for-ps2-closed http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/2168/relaxing-game...

Lewisham 16y ago
That's exactly the sort of question that gaming forums thrive on. I'm going to have to go through some of the meta-discussion on this site to see what they actually think should be there :/
tetha 16y ago
For the right games, discussing parts of the game is also really hard and require quite a number of elaboration to get done properly. Just check out the number of theorycraft there is about starcraft BW and 2, about the Civilization games and so on. I just cannot see how this would fit into such a simple question/answer-system, given that quite often there is no single answer. (Consider e.g. Broodwar: What is a strong opening build as zerg? Well.. there are around 3-5 possibilities into 2 possibilities into 2-3 other possibilities, and there is a certain dependency on the enemy and the map. Good luck fitting all of that in a single answer).

Lewisham 16y ago

Yes, the signal/noise ratio on this site is going to be brutal. Gaming forums typically reduce the cognitive load by having single threads/boards for discussions about one game. The StackExchange model is just going to blitz you; I'd be surprised if questions stay on the FP longer than 2 minutes, let alone get answered. The gamedev StackExchange beta seems to be doing OK. I've never really jumped in to answer questions on SO, but I have been trying here. I'm surprised that people seem so compelled to answer, it's terribly unrewarding to put time and effort into a response and get no reply or one or two upvotes. It hardly seems worth it. I'll stick to forums where actually discussion can occur.