Weird 2010's gamer nationalism meets china bad.

"Oh no, kids won't be able to use games to escape reality now" — Good, have them play outside or read a book or something.

"Horrible, I couldn't live without games" — Yes, this law is attempting to help people before they become like you.

"New generations won't grow up to be gamers now" — How will society survive!

"It's about controlling freedom of thought" — Ah, yes, this will stop the great dialogue had by fourteen-year-olds in LoL game chats.

  • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This is what turns me off gaming. Even newer big games, specifically Ghost Of Tsushima just feel like a skinners box. Youre just vegging out for the next piece of digital clothing.

      • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        sekiro is my favorite game of all time, its so good. It even has good politics! Tsushima is so boring by comparison but for some reason I keep playing

          • ShareThatBread [he/him, comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            I played a little bit of DS2 and I suck. I think I tried fighting these big metal knights at Heidis tower flame?? And they just swung to quick. So I said fuck that this game isn’t for me. I think in a differ direction I went last where a bird picks you up after a boss fight? And then I was bored or frustrated

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      i'm more of a single-player/cooperative mode gamer now because I don't have time to try and be competitive or log in every night to match up and try to best other people on the internet. I played journey for months. I was on Breath of the Wild for 3 years. I am playing untitled goose game with my son as a way to pass the time. My friends play fornite or apex legends and I am just immediately owned upon landing. I tried going to a smash ultimate tournament and got my ass kicked by a 17 year old. So yeah, no thanks lol.

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It's like a box you put a rat in and it pushes a button and sometimes the button triggers a mechanism to provide the rat food.

        I think the inconsistency makes it more addictive. Intermittent randomized rewards are often compared to this.

      • BurningVIP
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        2 years ago

        deleted by creator

      • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        A Skinner Box is a often small chamber that is used to conduct operant conditioning research with animals. Within the chamber, there is usually a lever (for rats) or a key (for pigeons) that an individual animal can operate to obtain a food or water within the chamber as a reinforcer. So, the games where its just a big stream of content and you press the button and get the reward feel like that. With Ghost of Tsushima its "run here, listen to peasant talk, kill 6 to 12 mongols, get cosmetic item, repeat"