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> Video games are clearly richer games I don't know, if you include Magic the Gathering in the card games pile it's definitely competitive on the "richness"[0]

> Video games are clearly richer games I don't know, if you include Magic the Gathering in the card games pile it's definitely competitive on the "richness"[0] spectrum against most video games. Though in the current apocalypse, there's been an uptick in video game forms of Magic, and even a sharp rise in people playing over the internet by pointing a webcam at their table. [0]: Pun not intended, but it's undeniably also expensive...

Retric 6y ago
Several versions of traditional solitaire are extremely deep games when you try and maximize your odds of winning. Video games can be mindless or mind bending puzzles. Which is why I think lumping all video games into a single category is meaningless. Beat Saber and Minecraft have little in common.
- reificator 6y ago
  > Beat Saber and Minecraft have little in common. They're both high profile VR games.
  - Random_BSD_Geek 6y ago
    I misread "Minecraft" as "Minesweeper" and was briefly bewildered by the idea of Minesweeper VR. Kinda want to play that now.
    - spicybright 6y ago
      I feel like there's so many games that can be VR-ified like this. Even if it's just a first person, point to a square on the floor and click, sort of game, I feel like more innovation can build on top of traditional games like minesweeper starting with that.
      - p1necone 6y ago
        Dress it up as bomb disposal, big scary explosion when you mess up, you get uncomfortably thrown into the sky, could be great.
      - conductr 6y ago
        Not a bad idea to refine your VR mechanics, after all, word is that they were added to Windows originally to help people refine their mouse skills
    - Talanes 6y ago
      Classic Minesweeper mechanics transposed onto a realistic minefield environment would be amazing.
      - tomjakubowski 6y ago
        Complete with Surgeon Simulator-style disarming of the mines!
        dkersten 6y ago
        That would be amazing!
  - spicybright 6y ago
    Missing the point. Minecraft started as a creative style game that hit massive popularity in all age groups, and encouraged players to build to their heart's content without much of a goal. It didn't start in VR as well. Beat Sabor is one of the first "killer app" VR games, with a clear goal with emphasis on reaction time and immersion using the VR tech behind it. Both are played very differently, the former a game you come back to to refine your work over and over in a creative way, the other using reaction time to score better.
    - reificator 6y ago
      > Missing the point. Missing the point, or making a joke?
    - conductr 6y ago
      > using reaction time to score better Having never heard of Beat Sabor, this made me think it sounds like Guitar Hero. YouTube confirms. I really did not ever get the appeal of GH, but BS looks pretty fun.

Retric 6y ago

Several versions of traditional solitaire are extremely deep games when you try and maximize your odds of winning. Video games can be mindless or mind bending puzzles. Which is why I think lumping all video games into a single category is meaningless. Beat Saber and Minecraft have little in common.

reificator 6y ago
> Beat Saber and Minecraft have little in common. They're both high profile VR games.
- Random_BSD_Geek 6y ago
  I misread "Minecraft" as "Minesweeper" and was briefly bewildered by the idea of Minesweeper VR. Kinda want to play that now.
  - spicybright 6y ago
    I feel like there's so many games that can be VR-ified like this. Even if it's just a first person, point to a square on the floor and click, sort of game, I feel like more innovation can build on top of traditional games like minesweeper starting with that.
    - p1necone 6y ago
      Dress it up as bomb disposal, big scary explosion when you mess up, you get uncomfortably thrown into the sky, could be great.
    - conductr 6y ago
      Not a bad idea to refine your VR mechanics, after all, word is that they were added to Windows originally to help people refine their mouse skills
  - Talanes 6y ago
    Classic Minesweeper mechanics transposed onto a realistic minefield environment would be amazing.
    - tomjakubowski 6y ago
      Complete with Surgeon Simulator-style disarming of the mines!
      - dkersten 6y ago
        That would be amazing!
- spicybright 6y ago
  Missing the point. Minecraft started as a creative style game that hit massive popularity in all age groups, and encouraged players to build to their heart's content without much of a goal. It didn't start in VR as well. Beat Sabor is one of the first "killer app" VR games, with a clear goal with emphasis on reaction time and immersion using the VR tech behind it. Both are played very differently, the former a game you come back to to refine your work over and over in a creative way, the other using reaction time to score better.
  - reificator 6y ago
    > Missing the point. Missing the point, or making a joke?
  - conductr 6y ago
    > using reaction time to score better Having never heard of Beat Sabor, this made me think it sounds like Guitar Hero. YouTube confirms. I really did not ever get the appeal of GH, but BS looks pretty fun.