Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hm. I had forgotten about sports games. Sports, murder, and cars. I think I'm just not a very manly man, so I don't like games. Either way, you convinced me. I spoke too broadly and too casually. I won't bring up the murder thing again unless I can think of a more specific thesis.
>I think I'm just not a very manly man, Not liking violence and sports does not make you less manly. That being said, there are thousands of completely nonviolent game that even a "wuss" (:p) can appreciate: from tetris to stardew valley.
Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
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Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#42I love that none of these involve shooting people. I love video games, but I honestly cannot comprehend how anyone enjoys being a gamer these days... I watch a lot of game trailers, reviews, and gameplay, and very close to 100% of the games being made seem to be about murdering other creatures. I am often like "wow, that looks like a cool world!" but then I never buy the game because the gameplay is just shooting peo…
I play video games that involve murder, and I wish I could disagree with you, but damn it...I can't. I happen to agree with everything you said. I like to play a top-down 2D space RPG, which has lasers, missiles, and all of that. I want to find a way to justify that playing that game does not make a bad person. Is this possible? Also, how would one make sense of enjoying movies like Star Wars?
* People who criticise such things are generally do it because they don't like it, not because it is bad. Although they will say they don't like it because games are bad, or maybe another media they don't participate in. There is no evidence being presented by these people that the media they don't like is bad.
* They are being dishonest and hyperbolic. Let's take a couple of quotes from the grandparent post. "very close to 100% of the games being made seem to be about murdering other creatures", and "Part of me thinks we should drop the pretext of a "Gaming Industry" and just start calling it the "Murder Simulation Industry"."". Obviously these are nowhere near honest. 'Murder Simulation Industry', I mean come on, could you make a more negative slant against games than that.
* They often say it to belittle other people so they can elevate themselves, at least in their mind. It is like people who say they don't play 'cliche' games and say that people who play mainstream games are retards. Same sort of belittling there as well. I wouldn't trust either of these people. Why would you care about what entertainment someone enjoys? Even if it is violent, it is not like they are actually being violent by enjoying some type of media.
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hm. I had forgotten about sports games. Sports, murder, and cars. I think I'm just not a very manly man, so I don't like games. Either way, you convinced me. I spoke too broadly and too casually. I won't bring up the murder thing again unless I can think of a more specific thesis.
>I think I'm just not a very manly man, Not liking violence and sports does not make you less manly. That being said, there are thousands of completely nonviolent game that even a "wuss" (:p) can appreciate: from tetris to stardew valley.
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#44I've always wondered, is there a wiki for ideas? Something like a Github-equivalent for open-source drafts of video games, including standalone characters, combat systems and anything else someone thinks might be cool in a game. Somebody make that, please?
It could even just be a github repository.
Edit: I don't mean to sound accusatory, but it is much more likely to actually happen if someone takes the first step.
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#45I love that none of these involve shooting people. I love video games, but I honestly cannot comprehend how anyone enjoys being a gamer these days... I watch a lot of game trailers, reviews, and gameplay, and very close to 100% of the games being made seem to be about murdering other creatures. I am often like "wow, that looks like a cool world!" but then I never buy the game because the gameplay is just shooting peo…
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#46I've always wondered, is there a wiki for ideas? Something like a Github-equivalent for open-source drafts of video games, including standalone characters, combat systems and anything else someone thinks might be cool in a game. Somebody make that, please?
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#47I've always wondered, is there a wiki for ideas? Something like a Github-equivalent for open-source drafts of video games, including standalone characters, combat systems and anything else someone thinks might be cool in a game. Somebody make that, please?
Try the half-bakery: http://www.halfbakery.com/
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#48I've always wondered, is there a wiki for ideas? Something like a Github-equivalent for open-source drafts of video games, including standalone characters, combat systems and anything else someone thinks might be cool in a game. Somebody make that, please?
You're more than welcome to make one yourself. It could even just be a github repository. Edit: I don't mean to sound accusatory, but it is much more likely to actually happen if someone takes the first step.
I specified game design because I think it would benefit the most from such an "ideawiki"; there's still lots of untapped genres or cool things from 20+ year old games that haven't been reintroduced in a modern way, but really there must be all sorts of apps that people have ideas for but are unable to make themselves,
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#49I love that none of these involve shooting people. I love video games, but I honestly cannot comprehend how anyone enjoys being a gamer these days... I watch a lot of game trailers, reviews, and gameplay, and very close to 100% of the games being made seem to be about murdering other creatures. I am often like "wow, that looks like a cool world!" but then I never buy the game because the gameplay is just shooting peo…
Re: Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
#50I love that none of these involve shooting people. I love video games, but I honestly cannot comprehend how anyone enjoys being a gamer these days... I watch a lot of game trailers, reviews, and gameplay, and very close to 100% of the games being made seem to be about murdering other creatures. I am often like "wow, that looks like a cool world!" but then I never buy the game because the gameplay is just shooting peo…