Have you ever played Myst? From what I’ve read, that was the advent of the open world concept.

Similarly, have you ever used Oculus or any of those headset games? It seems like that would work well with unbounded exploration.

I hadn’t really thought of this previously, but maybe my pet peeve is that you’re often just being directed through someone else’s fantasy.

Lol. I watched quite a lot of that video, tho I was disappointed the dominoes didn’t make a big V (for Vendetta) from above.

Thanks – and dear god, I am doing luddite stuff online now: not replying in the thread etc.

That’s interesting you only came to play games as an adult. I wonder how much the starting point influences the trajectory.

Incidentally, I do have a rocking chair.

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.

And why is “a lot to learn” is listed as a negative? If you are enjoying what you’re doing, you probably don’t mind that it takes some time

I agree. I guess my perception is that you have to put in a lot of time to develop a skill that cannot be transferred. However, I fully accept that may be my own sampling bias and perception from an outside perspective.

My own lack of an appetite for longer games is completely plausibly an outgrowth of that.

Thank you for taking the time to respond thoughtfully.

Thank you for taking the time to respond thoroughly. So – if I’m understanding – video games are an alternative to video media like TV shows? I can see vgs offering waayyy better interactivity (et al) than TV shows.

I guess I wasn’t even thinking about TV, in part cuz I don’t watch TV. I have seen many, many movies. Recently I read “Story* by Robert McKee (the guy doing writing workshops in the movie " Adaptation”), and it was really fascinating. He essentially says story is an essential element of human existence, and your comment – well, the way I read your comment – reiterates that point. It’s not pure entertainment so much as a lens for seeing the world.

Makes sense, thank you.

5/5

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

OK I dug into this. It appears this is most easily accomplished with Matrix, as it allows many-to-many audio chats. I asked for a quote. ;P

I was afraid you’d say something like that.

Dang – I have no idea how to address that…🤔

Alright, well I’ll keep thinking.

Thank you very much for the feedback.

That’s way too fancy for irc, but good idea! I will think about how to do that. Would a single still pic be useful?

IMHO computers are made for text. As this comment illustrates.😆

Me, I’m big on free, but I recently noticed something… What was it?.. Someone told an anecdote about something they valued, and it seemed clear that it was because they paid. And it got me to thinking money is effectively now what church was thru the 1990s. And, like, is that weird and probably dysfunctional? Yes. Does that make it less true? No.

Your bar is high! Does it boot to a GUI? That’s mine, and it sounds like it doesn’t – so no YT.

/shrug that’s gotta be the most being scam I’ve ever heard.

I’m right there with you. I already hired a guy to make a WordPress plugin for it and also another guy to make an iPhone app. The former is done, the latter is nearly done. I’m adding a feature (as I am the product designer 😜) to do in-line images – IRC sorely needs that capability.

But yeah, both will be BSD, I think… Tho as I think this thru, I really don’t want to facilitate other end vitrification.🤔

IRC

You can do it!

Linux (esp Debian) loves tenacity.