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So it's consumeristic, but all gaming is.
by HKH2 2y ago
So it's consumeristic, but all gaming is.
- whaaaaat 2y agoAll gaming is not consumeristic. That's like saying all art is consumeristic, or all music is. Play this game: http://passage.toolness.org/ http://passage.toolness.org/ It's 5 minutes long. Read the creator's discussion on it: https://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/statement.html https://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/statement.html Hardly seems consumeristic. And there's a huge pile of games like this out there.
- runj__ 2y agoI always get so happy when Passage and Rohrer is mentioned, when I first played Sleep is Death my life changed, creating a story with so little but still endless possibilities. I made a js-version of it but never polished it enough, my first coding project inspired by a true vision, I learned so much. I share your appreciation of Passage, it is a poem by another shape and a truly _different_ thing. Thank you for even mentioning it, it made my day.
- HKH2 2y ago> All gaming is not consumeristic. That's like saying all art is consumeristic, or all music is. Sure. None of those are necessary.
- sjsdaiuasgdia 2y agoIt seems rather reductive to equate lack of explicit necessity with consumerism. If I sing a song to myself, is that consumerism? If someone else hears my singing and enjoys it, with no discussion of payment or exchange from either side, is that consumerism?
- HKH2 2y agoYou're right. Folk work is exempt. (It is so dwarfed by the rest that I simply forgot it.)
- TulliusCicero 2y agoThat's super reductive. There's a pretty obvious difference between playing a game that only requires a modest one time fee for the whole thing, versus a game that somehow gets people to drop hundreds, even thousands of dollars for repeated purchases of virtual spaceships.
- HKH2 2y agoSure, the difference is the amount. None of it is necessary.
- aithrowawaycomm 2y agoI don’t think “consumerism is when people purchase luxury goods, especially goods I disapprove of” is a meaningful definition.
- HKH2 2y agoI never said that I disapproved of it. In fact, I think the ambitious goals of Star Citizen are great. On the other hand, Roblox bothers me a lot. However, I know I also make purchases that others don't understand. I don't think there are any clear lines to be drawn; the gaming industry is generally exploitative. I wish it were easy to find solid games without all the cruft.