Sort of funny that after all those slides, building up a narrative about the way a product that seems fun can be deceptive, it turns out this presentation itself is just ad for his email list.
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#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never been into Nintendo but after having kids I kept hearing this about how great they are for families so I bought a Switch. That's when I learned what a greedy exploitative platform it is: overcharging for games, nickle and dimeing for everything, and abusing their fan's nostalgia. I definitely don't want to get my kids invested in their platform so I got rid of the Switch. Steam has more than we need anyway.…
Random question for the HN crowd piggybacking off your comment: What age did you introduce video games to your kids? My oldest is 5 and I let him tinker on the PS5 when I’m around playing things like Sonic or he really likes Astro’s Playworld. We limit it to maybe 15-20 min a day but I swear it’s like I tell people I let him watch R-rated movies or something when I mention that I let him play video games at his age.…
5 or 6 is when I let my kids start. Limited time, parental supervision.
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#173Sort of funny that after all those slides, building up a narrative about the way a product that seems fun can be deceptive, it turns out this presentation itself is just ad for his email list.
I will say, it was an effective presentation though. I rarely see slides used in this sort of editorial (advertorial?) format.
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#174It's rather sad even Nintendo has devolved to this sort of mobile gaming trap too, you would think the old guard would have some respect for themselves to purposely NOT contribute to this modern epidemic. I play no mobile games, they're all some cash trap like a vacuum cleaner, and simply not fun when you realize you'll never truly win anything unless you pay and pay hard. What do YOU really get for the money? I gues…
> It's rather sad even Nintendo has devolved to this sort of mobile gaming trap too, you would think the old guard would have some respect for themselves to purposely NOT contribute to this modern epidemic. They tried with Super Mario Run ( https://supermariorun.com/en/ ), which was a premium pay-once game introduced by Miyamoto himself at an Apple keynote. That didn't work, then Fire Emblem Heroes made a billion dol…
Yeah I remember they explicitly wanted to avoid the "free-to-play" schemes back when SMR came out.
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#176>Use your keyboard arrows to view the story!
closes the browser tab on their phone
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#177Something about how this article was animated out hurt my brain to look at. It had a lot on page telling me about how much there was too much information on the screen of the phone which was nested inside the page. And then every arrow press would move around the dialog boxes (some of which jiggled to fight for my attention extra hard) and update the little avatar. The content was interesting but it felt kind of iron…
I liked that they took all the time to decry all these dark practices, and then hit you at the end with "Do you want a summary of the presentation? Click this button!" which I'm sure requires you to sign up for their email newsletter and start on their customer pipeline.
I think it's fair game to try to build a product and tell people about it in a healthy way. The person has made some content that you found enjoyable enough to consume until the end. Giving you a prompt on how you can find more doesn't seem dark at all to me. If you aren't interested, no big deal -- you just close the tab like you would have anyway.
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It also refuses to render for me in fennec. It sayd I'm not supported.
Cant use it in Lynx either. Fucking worthless website.
How many people use Lynx? Regardless the ones who do are more likely to be NEETs living in their parent's basement and less likely to hire you as a growth consultant a la the author.
At some point you have to deprecate. It's delusional to expect people to find a way to both accommodate their vision and support your stallmanesque compulsions.
>Fucking worthless website.
What value have you brought to this thread?
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never been into Nintendo but after having kids I kept hearing this about how great they are for families so I bought a Switch. That's when I learned what a greedy exploitative platform it is: overcharging for games, nickle and dimeing for everything, and abusing their fan's nostalgia. I definitely don't want to get my kids invested in their platform so I got rid of the Switch. Steam has more than we need anyway.…
Random question for the HN crowd piggybacking off your comment: What age did you introduce video games to your kids? My oldest is 5 and I let him tinker on the PS5 when I’m around playing things like Sonic or he really likes Astro’s Playworld. We limit it to maybe 15-20 min a day but I swear it’s like I tell people I let him watch R-rated movies or something when I mention that I let him play video games at his age.…
My youngest son was 3 or 4 when we played Everquest together. He sat on my lap so he could see the monitor and killed snakes in front of Qeynos for 10-15 minutes a night for a few months.
We constantly played console games and board games as a family. The kids got their own handhelds about 7-8. We supervised what games they could play until high school, and limited their game playing/TV until 16 based on their grades and good behavior. After that, they really didn't need limits as they were responsible enough.
I was far more concerned about them having a cell phone. We resisted as long as possible, and then started with dumb phones without a data plan.
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#180Nintendo has such a great, family friendly brand. If I was in charge, I wouldn't want my brand to be anywhere close to being associated to this type of thing.
Their entire line of mobile apps are just profit mills with little actual gameplay value.
Just like 98% of all mobile games