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Video games are probably the least bad here considering most of the popular ones are like 100 hour stories and are usually played in 1 hour chunks. Not the typi
by Gigachad 2y ago
Video games are probably the least bad here considering most of the popular ones are like 100 hour stories and are usually played in 1 hour chunks. Not the typical short form brain rot.
- xnx 2y agoI meant to include color matching and gatcha games in my list.
- smolder 2y agoBeing long doesn't necessarily mean they aren't bad for attention spans. I recall seeing a reviewer complain about a story driven game recently where the characters were constantly restating plot points to make sure you didn't forget. And the more important thing in games than narrative, I think, is how much the gameplay itself makes you think long term (or not), and the pace of things. Do you have to keep a goal/strategy in mind or just constantly react to what's immediately in front of you?
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoIt really depends on what your definition of "the popular ones" is. One of the most popular games is Candy Crush, which is not a 100 hour story game but fairly quick mobile activity game. On the other side you have Ubisoft's genre of "brainrot" games, which on the one side will have a compelling story, but on the other will have hundreds, if not thousands of similar repeating side-activities that people can jump in and out of without needing to think too much. And on the other other side you have story-rich games, e.g. God of War or RDR 2, which have a film-like setup and budgets to match.