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CJacobs posted:It's more of a person-by-person basis kind of thing though. For some people (like myself) the sense of escapist entertainment video games provide helps a lot when you're stressed out. Video games provide a good break from the 'real world' when you might really need it. Agreed. I've been using video games as a relief valve after doing classwork and they're genuinely helpful in going from being super-stressed to calm. Not to mention it's a good way to go from processing a million things to focusing on just a few things. Unless you're playing something like a Paradox game, but I'm not the kind of person who relaxes by playing grand strategy. 
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Oct 8, 2016 05:14
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When I'm feeling depressed I like to do livestreams. It's fun to interact with the chat and react to crazy poo poo happening in my favorite video games along with them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBw1FuvFNk&t=10123s Especially when stuff like this happens.
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Stardew Valley is a fantastic game and in the weeks since I bought it has managed to suck up time in a way few games have for me. If you have any interest in that kind of game you'll definitely get your money's worth.oddium posted:you can only talk to people once a day Different strokes and all but I actually liked these, especially compared to the actual Harvest Moon games I've played: -The ability to only talk once per day and give one gift a day/two gifts a week is a good thing because it fixes Harvest Moon's problem of, say, getting a complete stranger to want to marry you in the span of a day because you talked to her while holding your dog one hundred times. It also makes managing time easier because since you're listed to what you can do in a week there's no temptation to minmax and power level your relationship with everyone every day. -The 1.1 patch they dropped the other day rebalanced some of the crops as well as adding new ones, so cranberries etc. are no longer game-breakingly valuable. The sprinklers I was happy to have because they're tied to levelling up your skills and getting the better ones can be a serious resource/money sink so by the time you have enough to water your field on their own you've already done so much manual watering that you never want to pick up a watering can again. The new patch even went one step further and added some really expensive postgame items that let you automate it even further like getting forest spirits to harvest your crops for you and an enchanted clock that stops weeds from growing and fences from deteriorating. -I preferred the simple hack-and-slash-and-mine-and-eat combat of Stardew to something that would be more involved and complicated. Compare it to something like Recettear where the combat is a little deeper with multiple characters and movesets and more equipment and stats to manage but is exponentially more grindy and ends up dominating what is supposed to be a game boutique running an item store. Can't really argue with the rest though, especially the art. It's functional, especially considering it and everything else in the game is all by the one guy and he's a CS major and not an artist, but the quality and style is all over the place and it's kind of inadvertently creepy at times since some of the romancable characters look like they're a little too young for you and not in a Harvest Moon chibi way.
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Oct 8, 2016 08:06
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Guy Mann posted:Stardew Valley is a fantastic game and in the weeks since I bought it has managed to suck up time in a way few games have for me. If you have any interest in that kind of game you'll definitely get your money's worth. I knew you'd eventually have a good opinion. 
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Oct 8, 2016 08:10
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CJacobs posted:I knew you'd eventually have a good opinion. Always have faith in the games, friend. On the topic of escapism, I think most games have that risk. There's a simplicity to them, a focus that makes outside problems fade away and it can really activate that dopamine circuit. It's not a bad thing on its own but it can become bad if you don't keep it in perspective. I used to have extremely strong feelings about MMORPG's in that I felt that they distilled the most addictive aspects of pure game escapism but I've since softened a bit on that since I realized that for some people who have problems with being social because of personality issues or being on the spectrum, it can allow them to be social in a controlled environment that they feel comfortable with. I had to swear them off myself though because they just seem to suck the life out of me and turn me into a depressed husk, though. Games with a definitive beginning and end work best for me. Even sandbox games like Sim City/Cities XL or Rimworld still have a progression to each game that makes them easier on me in this way. Grand strategy games can be addictive but they too have endings I can shoot for and the turn-based nature, while addictive in that "one more turn" sense, can be put down to go attend to other parts of my life when I need to. Anyway, too many serious words about vidya. bloodychill fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Oct 8, 2016 |
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Oct 8, 2016 09:43
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Guy Mann posted:Different strokes and all but I actually liked these, especially compared to the actual Harvest Moon games I've played: This is how it works in HM games tho the thing you're talking about is a glitch from one of the buggiest (and also best) games in the series
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Oct 8, 2016 10:04
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I did it, Ray. I clicked on the clickbait. But this looks like an actually really cool and good game coming out soon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9tdVR7HaIw
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Oct 8, 2016 12:18
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Thank you ... this made my morning
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Oct 8, 2016 13:57
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My resume was getting a little old, so I'm making a new one. How would I go about making the Earthbound of job resumes? It needs to be subtle, so I can't outright say I'm the third strongest mole or something like that.
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Oct 8, 2016 14:45
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I hope Anime Attorney gets better after the second case of the new game because while it was written fine (IT'S FINE) it was kind of annoying that Apollo did literally nothing but bluff the entire case.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:19
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Which one should I buy first: The Beginner's Guide, Firewatch, The Witness, Samorost 3 or Inside?
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Oct 8, 2016 15:21
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Palpek posted:Which one should I buy first: The Beginner's Guide, Firewatch, The Witness, Samorost 3 or Inside? Dunno about the others, but the Beginner's Guide is over in two hours or less. It's an interesting ride, but it's also pretty much non-interactive. You walk and listen and that's it.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:31
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Palpek posted:Which one should I buy first: The Beginner's Guide, Firewatch, The Witness, Samorost 3 or Inside? I haven't played Samorost 3 or Inside. Of the rest, I'd probably go with Firewatch overall unless you're feelin' like exploring a practically non-narrative puzzle game with The Witness. The Beginner's Guide is also a narrative-centric experience like Firewatch, but much shorter. They're "walking simulators" that I keep enjoying.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:36
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Palpek posted:Which one should I buy first: The Beginner's Guide, Firewatch, The Witness, Samorost 3 or Inside? The Witness before Firewatch for sure. I liked Firewatch more than most but would still have a hard time recommending it for anything other than a quick Saturday afternoon playthrough. It really drags in the latter half, which is when things should be getting more interesting, and ultimately the direction the story goes in is both too mundane and too fantastical at the same time.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:36
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Just to clear this up: I know what those games are like, I played the games the devs made before and I don't have a problem with walking simulators. I'll have to get all of those games eventually but right now it's not possible because of $ so I'm asking which one was the best from your experience that I could grab first.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:39
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The Witness then, and avoid looking up any puzzle solutions.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:43
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Yeah I'm still going with The Witness first, if only because you're likely to want to take some long breaks from that game to let the puzzles rattle around in your head, so you can play the others while on break.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:44
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The Witness or Inside, hands-down I think.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:52
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The Witness. The process of discovery and feeling of satisfaction in it are like nothing I've experienced in a game lately. I absolutely loved it. Just don't let the audio logs bog down the experience for you. Some are interesting, many are less so and a couple of them are very long.
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Oct 8, 2016 16:01
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Inside was really drat good.
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CJacobs posted:When I'm feeling depressed I like to do livestreams. It's fun to interact with the chat and react to crazy poo poo happening in my favorite video games along with them. Dang, I'm always busy whenever I see a notification for one of your streams. I had a lot of fun during the time I made it to one. Keep it up!
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Oct 8, 2016 16:19
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Phantasium posted:Inside was really drat good. It's quite a bit better than the games it gets called a ripoff of and definitely not just "Limbo again".
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Oct 8, 2016 16:53
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its exactly limbo again for about 2 of its 3 hours. when it actually gets cool and actiony instead of lame easy puzzley its over.
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Oct 8, 2016 17:31
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Another vote for the witness, but beginners guide is really good too.
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Oct 8, 2016 17:34
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hey y'all quick poll. these cute cats are heading an interstellar holy crusade to purge ugly species from the galaxy i've accepted these guys into the Orassi Union because they look like kamen rider and i don't hate to look at them:  also i uplifted these guys from primitive lizardmen and genetically modified them in the process to make them super strong soldiers so i think their look fits:  anyway the question is: which, if any, of these clowns deserve to hang out among the beautiful stars    for reference i've already systematically conquered and genocided these idiots who are gross and make a really ugly mouth flapping motion: 
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Oct 8, 2016 17:51
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You should get rid of the lizards + hang out with the friendly blue alien/possibly the bird
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Oct 8, 2016 17:53
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I vote for chocobo cyclops
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Oct 8, 2016 17:57
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Kill cthulhu-man
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Oct 8, 2016 17:58
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Oct 8, 2016 18:16
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Nthing The Witness as the best on that list. Not only is it the best game listed, it'll give you more playtime than all the other games on the list combined. After that, Inside is cool and crazy but, and I know I'm alone in this, I still liked Limbo way better. Firewatch is cool but also feels oddly lacking in a way that's hard to explain.
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Oct 8, 2016 18:20
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This is a good video. The mirror scene is Silent Hill-grade horror
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Oct 8, 2016 18:24
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Jay Rust posted:This is a good video. The mirror scene is Silent Hill-grade horror From the glitch thread in PYF: 
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Oct 8, 2016 18:32
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this guy looks like he grew tentacles to hide his lack of chin, definitely genocide them hotline miami race owns tho
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Oct 8, 2016 18:40
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Tentacle men must die
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Oct 8, 2016 18:52
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Kill the tentacle people and those shifty blue fucks. The chicken people should cause no problems in your galaxy as long as you scatter loose corn all over the surface of their planets.
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Oct 8, 2016 18:59
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Don't be mean to Zoidberg.
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