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Re: Ask HN: What games could you spend a lifetime playing?

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Post by hnthrowaway0328 »

Not sure. I haven't played much game since my son grows into his 3rd year. Actually, when was the last time I played some games? Maybe a few weeks ago? And when was the last time before that? Maybe a few months ago?

Gaming was super important to me when I was in my 20s but now they mostly bore me. Reality is much more "fun", in both good and bad ways.

I might introduce some games to my son when he reaches 6+, but that's it. Gaming as a hobby for a solitude was gone and probably won't come back until I retire. I do have a plan to live-stream games of 1970s~1990s when I'm old (2040s~2060s) -

"Hey kids, today I'm going to show you a game older than your grandpa. Its name is Zork".

Re: Ask HN: What games could you spend a lifetime playing?

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Post by gaws »

level87 wrote: post #34
mikewarot wrote: post #13

Universal Paperclips[1] - The only reason I quit after 100 times through it was a mistake at the final question. [1] https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/

Just discovered this, very addictive, thank you for posting! Are there other similar games?

A Dark Room[1]

[1]: https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/

Re: Ask HN: What games could you spend a lifetime playing?

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Post by swah »

qup wrote: post #23

If gamer populations lasted forever, maybe I could fly helis in BF4 forever. I was top-rated in my state for a while. Probably my single favorite gaming experience overall. I get a lot of replay out of some single-player games: Rimworld, Slay the Spire, Skyrim, Fallout 3. I just found shattered pixel and I like that a lot, and could see replaying it a bunch. I fly quadcopter sims a lot, too, and still enjoy that a bu…

BFBC2 for me. For a while I was able to experience that feeling of helping the team, reviving people and what not. Hours would fly on that game. Never could reproduce.

Re: Ask HN: What games could you spend a lifetime playing?

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Post by swah »

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #41

Not sure. I haven't played much game since my son grows into his 3rd year. Actually, when was the last time I played some games? Maybe a few weeks ago? And when was the last time before that? Maybe a few months ago? Gaming was super important to me when I was in my 20s but now they mostly bore me. Reality is much more "fun", in both good and bad ways. I might introduce some games to my son when he reaches 6+, but tha…

I also completely stop, bought a Nintendo Switch and found no fun whatsoever. Mario Kart there is less fun than "sonic robo blast 2 kart" on the Macbook.

But there is one aspect that I miss of the times playing those FPSes, is that I really eased into it and relaxed. For the same to happen in the movies, it has to be a great movie in the perfect setting. For the same to happen in real life I have to be particularly calm and stress free. But with gaming it just happened, totally absorted into it... (thats why I stopped btw)

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