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Was Universal Paperclips supposed to be fun? I kind of got the impression it was meant to scare you into donating to MIRI or whatever.
by Analemma_ 7y ago
Was Universal Paperclips supposed to be fun? I kind of got the impression it was meant to scare you into donating to MIRI or whatever.
- Trasmatta 7y agoI enjoyed it a lot, but I also have a weird affinity for clickers. I was very unproductive at work for about a week when I first discovered it.
- ansible 7y agoI thought the story was poignant as well.
- bo1024 7y agoI got completely sucked into it (the philosophy and "story" being a big part of that). It was fun to try and optimize, fun to follow events, and cathartic to reach the end. Sometimes I would take breaks at points while income built up in the background, but I also spent plenty of time optimizing. And I don't normally enjoy grinding.
- hombre_fatal 7y ago"Idle games" are one of the recent booms in gaming over the last five or so years. They now even have their own section on Kongregate and are a large mobile gaming category.