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> The only purpose for software is automation, which is the elimination of labor. Getting that wrong directly influences your quality of product more than any o
by herval 2y ago
> The only purpose for software is automation, which is the elimination of labor. Getting that wrong directly influences your quality of product more than any other downstream factor.
I take it you never played a game in your life?
- hinkley 2y agoDevil’s advocate: Fighting games are just better versions of Rockem Sockem Robots. And 4X games could be fancier versions of Settlers of Catan.
- herval 2y agoWhat “labor” does a “fancier version of Catan” eliminate?
- austin-cheney 2y agoDo you mean baseball, football, tag, board games, cross words, Sudoku, Dungeons and Dragons, or something else? There are many games that are not electronic. So, what separates those athletic and paper games from electronic games? Automation.
- herval 2y agoNo, I obviously don’t mean those, buddy
- outofpaper 2y agoVideo games automate whole chunks of play, be that imagination with graphics and sound effects, other players with virtual enemies and allies, let alone all the automation that goes into multi-player games.