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I really do not like these type of articles. I did X, Y, Z and therefore it is justified enough for me to make overreaching claims. Video games are still very

I really do not like these type of articles. I did X, Y, Z and therefore it is justified enough for me to make overreaching claims. Video games are still very fun and very profitable for the rest of us. Wish I could mute HN accounts like I mute ppl on twitter, not enough to signal an explicit exclusion but enough for me to ignore whatever they have to say in the future because of misalignment of values in the present.

caslon 5y ago
It didn't claim that video games weren't fun or profitable, and the author even admitted they'd had fun with them. It just claimed that the current status quo of them has gotten kinda stale for them. Video games being stagnant isn't exactly a new idea; we've more or less been stuck with the same interfaces with slight improvements for twenty years now. The author just seems burnt out.
- esyir 5y ago
  We've literally just started seeing the birth of vr gaming
- esyir 5y ago
  We've literally seen the recent birth of a whole new mode of gaming in the form of vr, with its rapidly evolving ui coming with it.
  - caslon 5y ago
    I'm aware. I use VR daily, for both work and play. It's not new, though. Luckey's work was a revival, not a conjuring. There was a motion-tracked HMD in 1961, and Sutherland established more or less our modern take on it not long after.
    - falcolas 5y ago
      The games and worlds, however, are new.
      - caslon 5y ago
        The games are less innovative now, on average, than they were during the first days of Oculus. Aside from Boneworks, the trend is less interaction, rather than more.
- popcube 5y ago
  If we comparing video games to the games in real world（basketball, baseball football... et.al.) the format he do not like anymore: two team fight to eachother is the very basic and old format. I guess this type of game will exist in far future.
Lamad123 5y ago
It's largely a matter of opinion!! For almost a decade, I've never played a game apart from that dinosaur thing on chrome when there is no Internet!
- bakugo 5y ago
  Kinda proving the point there. You not playing games has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not they are enjoyable.
Markoff 5y ago
Yeah i noticed this blog advertised already second time this week, first time it was stupid comparison of photo in PNG format (!) with amazing small WebP (I mean anything would be amazing next to photo in PNG), now for change he is expert on games, dunno who upvotes this...
- PawBer 5y ago
  People sometimes upvote posts based on their discussion value. It's a simple post with a lot of counterarguments to be made.
thefz 5y ago
As soon as I see an anime avatar I know it's gonna be "one of those articles" and I move on.
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  As soon as I see people making broad generalizations I know its gonna be "that kind of comment thread" and I move on
  - tomatowurst 5y ago
    this is like the 7th or 8th inactive HN accounts (haven't posted for weeks or months) suddenly posting on this thread to offer snarky retorts against criticisms of this blog.

caslon 5y ago

It didn't claim that video games weren't fun or profitable, and the author even admitted they'd had fun with them. It just claimed that the current status quo of them has gotten kinda stale for them. Video games being stagnant isn't exactly a new idea; we've more or less been stuck with the same interfaces with slight improvements for twenty years now. The author just seems burnt out.

esyir 5y ago
We've literally just started seeing the birth of vr gaming
esyir 5y ago
We've literally seen the recent birth of a whole new mode of gaming in the form of vr, with its rapidly evolving ui coming with it.
- caslon 5y ago
  I'm aware. I use VR daily, for both work and play. It's not new, though. Luckey's work was a revival, not a conjuring. There was a motion-tracked HMD in 1961, and Sutherland established more or less our modern take on it not long after.
  - falcolas 5y ago
    The games and worlds, however, are new.
    - caslon 5y ago
      The games are less innovative now, on average, than they were during the first days of Oculus. Aside from Boneworks, the trend is less interaction, rather than more.
popcube 5y ago
If we comparing video games to the games in real world（basketball, baseball football... et.al.) the format he do not like anymore: two team fight to eachother is the very basic and old format. I guess this type of game will exist in far future.

Lamad123 5y ago

It's largely a matter of opinion!! For almost a decade, I've never played a game apart from that dinosaur thing on chrome when there is no Internet!

bakugo 5y ago
Kinda proving the point there. You not playing games has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not they are enjoyable.

Markoff 5y ago

Yeah i noticed this blog advertised already second time this week, first time it was stupid comparison of photo in PNG format (!) with amazing small WebP (I mean anything would be amazing next to photo in PNG), now for change he is expert on games, dunno who upvotes this...

PawBer 5y ago
People sometimes upvote posts based on their discussion value. It's a simple post with a lot of counterarguments to be made.

thefz 5y ago

As soon as I see an anime avatar I know it's gonna be "one of those articles" and I move on.

netizen-936824 5y ago
As soon as I see people making broad generalizations I know its gonna be "that kind of comment thread" and I move on
- tomatowurst 5y ago
  this is like the 7th or 8th inactive HN accounts (haven't posted for weeks or months) suddenly posting on this thread to offer snarky retorts against criticisms of this blog.