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We went from 2D to 3D and instead of playing VR games in 2019 we discuss blog posts of people writing about playing 30-year-old games.
by mkio 8y ago
We went from 2D to 3D and instead of playing VR games in 2019 we discuss blog posts of people writing about playing 30-year-old games.
- milquetoastaf 8y agoBecause VR is mostly a gimmick and good game design is timeless
- rhacker 8y agoHN is a little interesting, all these blogs always exist all the time. It's just which ones are getting placed on HN doesn't represent all things going on. Also, it is interesting that people are playing old games and blogging about them. At the time these games were released, we didn't really have the same venues to discuss said games. So why not now?
- mkio 8y agoI just think it's funny how we imagined us using technology in the future (VR and flying cars) and how we ended up using it (posting on social media platforms and discussing these posts in the comment sections).
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoThere's millions of people gaming with VR headsets these days, a lot more than there are reading articles about Ultima Underworld.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoWe can do both. Why are you upset?
- benj111 8y agoYes you are here discussing this rather than playing VR games. (I suppose you could be playing a VR game that has a VR computer to access HN, but if that's state of the art in VR tech, give me well written blog posts about 30 year old games)
- matwood 8y agoA great game is a great game. How old is Go or Chess? People still study to master those.
- danso 8y agoAre you arguing against the field of history?