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I think some kinds of video games provide this more than others, at least for some definitions of achievement. If somebody spends their free time painting hap

I think some kinds of video games provide this more than others, at least for some definitions of achievement. If somebody spends their free time painting happy trees but never sells any paintings, I personally would not say achievements are fake. The painter sets their own objective and judge success by their own personal standards, but that doesn't make their achievements fake, right? And if they decide to depict things using lego instead of paint, is that fundamentally different? It's a different form of craft, but I don't consider building sculptures out of lego to be faker than doing the same from clay. Some video games are essentially the same as that. For instance, creative-mode minecraft seems to be arts and crafts as much as it is a game.

fossuser 5y ago
Yeah - I didn't mean to generalize the entire medium. I love story based games, indie games, etc. I think creative games like Minecraft are similarly worthwhile too. Things like: - Gone Home - Life is Strange - Firewatch - Tacoma - Elsinore - Untitled Goose Game There's lots of great stuff out there that isn't just a slot machine. Unfortunately slot machines make a lot of money so you also get WoW, and GTA ruined by GTA Online, in-app purchase corrupting content into Zynga style everything. Kudos to Apple for trying to combat this with Apple Arcade. This blogger reviews an interesting game, he also writes a lot about fake achievement: https://pixelpoppers.com/2018/05/close-reading-of-qube-directors-cut/ https://pixelpoppers.com/2018/05/close-reading-of-qube-direc...