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Videos showing how to beat every single game really helps as well, much easier to learn how to play a game by watching someone play than reading a guide in a ma
by Jensson 2y ago
Videos showing how to beat every single game really helps as well, much easier to learn how to play a game by watching someone play than reading a guide in a magazine.
- tines 2y agoI think the ubiquity of gameplay videos really takes something away from the experience. I feel like it puts you in a different mindspace when you're "unspoiled" and seeing everything for the first time. And having to experiment, discover, and make progress through only your own brainpower is like, better for your brain in some way I feel, than it is to go running to a guide to give you the answer every time you can't figure out what to do in 30 seconds.
- rufus_foreman 2y agoI learned arcade games in the early 1980's mostly by watching someone else play. When a new game showed up, I would typically watch people play for at least a couple hours before putting a quarter up. I wasn't rich.
- Arrath 2y agoYeah but consider that videos don't have the sheer swagger of a 1.4mb blob of text on GameFAQs headed by a lovingly rendered piece of ascii art.