[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

Interesting. So where I think I don't like video games writ large, I may only resonate with particular genres or particular mechanics, etc(?).

That makes sense.

I further believe I see more sameness exist than actually exists because I simply am not as familiar with the subject matter.

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Admittedly, I am not a games enthusiast, whether video or board, but I have played both at times. In particular, I played a lot of -- OK, this is totally gonna reveal that I'm an old ;P -- THPS, and I'm 100℅ sure I played both RPG-type computer games as well as like Mario Bros stuff. However, I just have never really grasped what makes video games so enticing.

I suspect this is an annoying and well-trodden path, but I would sincerely appreciate it if you could find it in your heart to help me understand.

For me personally, I tend to look at things in terms of costs and benefits. Through that lens, most games seem like a bad deal. In principle, I like some of the more quirky or esoteric ones, but it quickly seems like a lot to learn relative the payout.

When I was in HS, I had a band. Has that type of interaction simply been replaced by video games?

I swear I'm not trying to troll -- I really want to understand the interplay between video games and psychology. Cuz it seems like FPSes are dominant whereas not too long ago they were a single niche among many niches.

I appreciate your taking the time to read/reply.

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Pretty much. AWS offers (and runs on) Linux AFAIK.

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago

Wtf -- if you put more money in a glitchy vending machine, you're gonna get yet more items.😑

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

In fairness, x11 is a bit of a dumpster fire and has been as long as I've used Linux (since 2003).

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Ohhhhhhhh -- thank you.

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago

I don't follow. What am I missing?

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Agreed. I think of that scene from the end of The Truman Show: the viewers are transfixed, Truman is trying to break free from the set. Then, the show goes off the air, and a viewer at home says, "Alright. What else is on?"

That's how I feel about the outrage-bait now. Like so many businesses built their castles on beach sand that they're inevitably getting washed away. How did they not see that coming?

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

If you really want to secure your computer, encase that puppy in concrete (after disconnecting it from power),

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's a handy device. Shame on the toll booth operators cough I mean genius innovators 🙄 -- I mean social networking!?!? How innovative and non-obvious! Sorry, my digression had a digression.

Tldr don't hate the game, hate the player.

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

What a bizarre and terrible idea. I def think Twitter circa 2009 was the pinnacle.

I'll hand it to Elon Musk, tho -- the dude knows how to destroy value. I wonder if he literally sets it on fire.

[-] jtzl@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

None of those foxes (fauxes!) have legs!

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