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 if you're looking for some fun, silly, distracting entertainment, check out
 Nova Drift! It's a great game on Steam! It just left Early Access! It's like
 Asteroids and a roguelike, it's super fun!
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 if you play any of my favorite games, there's a chance we've played together
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--- #2 fediverse/3210 ---
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 @user-1209 
 
 well, every boomer shooter is about moving as fast as possible and shooting
 with pinpoint accuracy, so... that's-the-game.jpg : )
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--- #3 fediverse/3743 ---
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 @user-1218 
 
 ha wild
 
 well, survival games! shareware games are more of a distribution style and
 less of a genre, like "subscription software" versus "usable software"
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 {ah but you can't kill yourself without having played Hearts of Iron one more
 time. It's such a fun game! Why don't you give it a try?}
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 I miss games where it was actually fun to play against the AI
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--- #6 fediverse/1419 ---
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 City of Villains is a fun game where you can beat up both superheroes and nazis
 
 https://youtu.be/VtyfDBqpTVU
 
 best viewed at 360p in my opinion
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--- #7 fediverse/3067 ---
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 IT WORKED! I got my game working! Linux is so awesome! 🥰 😍
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--- #8 fediverse/5353 ---
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 some of my favorite games are behind me and I can't describe how happy I am to
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--- #9 fediverse/798 ---
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 I'm doing a game jam, so... see ya in a week
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--- #10 messages/910 ---
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 all you need is to be steam friends with one person and then your whole
 organization knows what you're trying to say with game titles
 
 (I just like games)
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--- #11 fediverse/3903 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 would love something like that...! Also, joystick for flight games
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--- #12 fediverse/5239 ---
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 I play video games to help me think just like programmers play video games to
 help them sleep
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 I'm gonna play a fucking video game because I like video games and it's
 important to relax
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--- #14 fediverse/84 ---
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 Life is just a series of minigames for your primate brain to solve that are
 generated by an impossibly complex algorithm with a dash of ethical
 value-based choices thrown in.
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--- #15 fediverse/1210 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 omggggg I wanna play a fast paced shooter as a cute anime girl, which game did
 you have in mind? ? ?
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--- #16 messages/740 ---
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 had a dream that we gamified all work and then put them into one single
 mega-game so whenever you wanted you could work on an arbitrary project and it
 would spin up a new game and take your inputs and use them to accomplish
 whatever was happening
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--- #17 fediverse/1184 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 whoa, cool! So with one of these you can flash any ROM you want onto the
 cartridge and it should play any GBA/GBC game you uhhh legally own and have
 pulled the ROM from? If so that's pretty neat
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--- #18 fediverse/2069 ---
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 I love the game Mechabellum! It's flexes the same parts of your brain as
 chess, while being SO much more fun to watch.
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--- #19 fediverse/5696 ---
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 hey does anyone wanna go over my code for this text adventure game thingy that
 I spent 2 days on so far?
some computer code some computer code some computer code some computer code
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--- #20 fediverse/1162 ---
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 There are some games that I play where I am struck by the thought that "wow,
 this game was made by programmers" and often, they are among my favorite games
 to play.
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--- #21 fediverse/5852 ---
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 oh boy, here I go gamin' again!
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--- #22 fediverse/4072 ---
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 I like games that test my reflexes
 
 I also like games that test my wit
 
 but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy
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--- #23 fediverse/4852 ---
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 i like games like factorio or cities skylines where there's always something
 going on but the game only changes when you touch it
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 pretend like you're playing leap-frog
 
 one person goes up to a sightline, watches with bated breath, another
 cautiously advances through the area covered by their teammate, before
 covering their back-to-forth advancement. first one, then the other, watch out
 for flanks.
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--- #25 fediverse/315 ---
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 normalize building games with a built-in virtual machine that plays all
 previous versions of the game for free
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--- #26 fediverse/3916 ---
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 life isn't JUST a game, but it is a game.
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--- #27 fediverse/3612 ---
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 http://www.cyberlore.com/Majesty/
 
 this is my favorite game ever!! too bad it's old as dirt.
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--- #28 fediverse/3473 ---
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 holy carp I'm so good at this game!
a picture of win / loss statistics for the game Star Realms (digital) - the pictured statistics include:  total games: 1979 total wins: 1043 win rate: 52.7%
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--- #29 bluesky#4 ---
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 what if I played a video game
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--- #30 fediverse/25 ---
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 @user-30 Me too. I've never found a game that scratches my itch for a better
 Majesty -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majesty%3A_The_Fantasy_Kingdom_Sim
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--- #31 fediverse/2747 ---
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 easiest way to solve an entire class of accessibility problems: in the
 tutorial, instead of having button prompts, have keybinding confirmations.
 
 "what button do you want to use to jump?"
 
 "super triple mega backflip spin-dozer needs three jumps and a kick"
 
 "use the boost to get through! [game pauses] (which button do you want to use
 to boost?) [displays a map of previously bound keys]"
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--- #32 fediverse_boost/3591 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  making some cool progress on the #itchio #GodotEngine console project 👀✨    
                                                                              
  got the minimal project running, now i just have to port the dynamic libraries and give it a shot!  
                                                                              
  #GameDev #IndieDev #RetroGaming                                             
  
                                                            
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--- #33 fediverse/3287 ---
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 oh great my games are randomly crashing now in ways that they didn't used to do
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--- #34 fediverse/3381 ---
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 @user-1520 
 
 After a certain point you realize there's little to be done with that design
 space that Star Fox didn't do better!
 
 Also I think people tend to associate them with arcade "gun games" which are
 tbh more fun than clicking with a mouse or whatever since they're tactile and
 physical.
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--- #35 fediverse/3382 ---
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 first rule of Nintendo games:
 
 if you rush things, you'll have to do it twice.
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--- #36 fediverse/369 ---
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 Gaming on Linux is never knowing for sure that a game will launch.
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--- #37 fediverse/3646 ---
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 they look like they have a lot of fun...!
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--- #38 fediverse/1104 ---
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 Super Mario 64?!? Scarry! D: D:
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 JRPG set in Runescape's world
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--- #40 fediverse/5072 ---
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 I like to play with the camera zoomed in all the way and by only using my
 mouse. no keyboard. just clicking noise.
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--- #41 fediverse/144 ---
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 @user-122 have you ever seen Adventure Time? It's sublime. : ) : ) : )
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--- #42 fediverse/1566 ---
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 what if you added "secret rules" to english. wouldn't that be a fun game to
 play? it'll be tough to keep them all remembered, but the good news is we only
 have to use the ones on which we agree. like, memes, instead of grammar rules.
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--- #43 messages/911 ---
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 literally zero secret messages in the game titles. I just feel like playing
 one or another because of the *gameplay*
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--- #44 fediverse_boost/4343 ---
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--- #45 fediverse/1931 ---
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 these two things took me all evening. I played some video games too. I put
 them in one so you don't have to see so many of them.
a picture of a page from the bicycle notebook.  first part is a collection of brainstorming and diagrams drawn in pursuit of Raleigh, my stab at artificial intelligence.  It's not done yet, in fact it's hardly even a design. It's more like, a thought in the mind that is slowly evolving to adapt to challenges that it might face when being implemented.  and sometimes it's like, beautiful architectures that I'm like "what could I do with these?"  anyway then it starts to devolve into kooky-dookerie about halfway through, and the rest of the notes are written in slant-form -> like, instead of reading one-after-another they sorta change tone and intonation rapidly in a cycle - it's super disorienting. Except visually it's like, tilted text, like a picture-frame that's nudged to one side and hanging from it's frame instead of it's wire holding-point.  do blind people often touch paintings? I doubt it, because it damages the painting. Alas, that materials are finite and flawed and degrade and become stone again. Good news though, sometimes pictures can carry meanings that are impossible to describe visually, but not impossible auditorily.  like, the sound of the voice in your head as you read the plaquards at a museum that displays ancient artifacts or bones of massive beasts or gemstones or science experiments or art or culture or mechanical motion displayed like clockwork and hope.  history is one of my favorite. you can find them by the side of the road. they're lovely homes 4 us many fediverse posts placed into a single image to be passed around as a bundle for people that the viewer decides might want to see them - y'know, like an artwork.
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--- #46 messages/932 ---
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 WOW IS THATA VIDEO GAME YES PLEASE I WANT
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--- #47 fediverse/4959 ---
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 I feel like you'd like this game:
 
 https://mokadevs.itch.io/the-moon-looks-beautiful-tonight
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--- #48 fediverse/24 ---
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 @user-30 Well maybe that's okay :)
 Dark Souls is a hell of a game that has stood the test of time. It's a classic
 now. It's okay if you're not much of a gamer.
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--- #49 fediverse/4608 ---
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 every time a game developer makes a game where the world is in peril and the
 main character must save it, for every successful playthrough where the good
 guy wins there are thousands of doomed worlds where the player got distracted
 or bored and left the people to rot.
 
 how tragic.
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 somehow, on average, Star Wars Battlefront 2 is the best game to play with old
 friends
 
 as long as you stick together, of course
 
 and maybe invite all of your other bros
 
 after a couple optional initial exploratory 2pvE matches [co-op]
 
 especially if you play on "normal" difficulty
 
 [I wonder if anyone's ever studied whether or not people born at similar parts
 of the year have anything in common?] [doh that's astrology]
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--- #51 fediverse/5999 ---
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 oh, um... goodbye!
 
 [plays video games]
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 world of warcraft is just a roguelike that lasts a year.
 
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/wow-chat/wow-chat
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 @user-95 back when games had more value because you only had like, 6 of them
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--- #54 fediverse/1539 ---
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 I like to play healers in MMOs because my power fantasy is helping people
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--- #55 fediverse/330 ---
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 if you want to understand me, play Majesty the Fantasy Kingdom Sim (when you
 have time and are bored (very important combination)) - start on beginner
 difficulty and click the right buttons.
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--- #56 fediverse/3022 ---
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 instead of controlling a recon-droid in Star Wars Battlefront II, you should
 be assigned control of a random amount of drones nearby, to be used until you
 went back to character control
 
 I think a swarm is more fun to play as than a single little scout vehicle.
 
 in a game that doesn't really need scouting to find your foe - it's easy!
 they're that way
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--- #57 fediverse/5197 ---
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 so, a public Game Design Document?
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--- #58 fediverse/6208 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 molybdenum just feels like a fake word
 
 it's so much fun to say though!
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 If you want to get to know me, play my games
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--- #60 bluesky#20 ---
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 ahhhhh I'm scared to play old games on my steam library, I don't want to lose
 the record of when I most played them
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 "nobody gets you" hence, cassandora and pandasandra
 
 "girl you can't just say something ominous like INVOKING PANDORA if you aren't
 sitting on something capable of mass doom" haha I want to cry
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--- #62 fediverse/3994 ---
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 @user-1633 
 
 the person you're performing for... is you!
 
 Singleplayer / offline games are great for having a good time. You can see
 some great stories, play some engaging mechanics, and think about hard
 questions. Singleplayer games are great! You can learn so much from them. And
 they're a great, low pressure, way to relax and unwind. I love video games of
 all kinds!
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--- #63 fediverse/1951 ---
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 @user-1112 
 
 back in the day playing a magic game with someone felt like an event
 
 now it's something to wait through while your burrito cooks
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--- #64 fediverse/3578 ---
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 It's so sad how some of the best games ever made get glossed over because the
 fun you remember is the friendship and fantasy you felt rather than the game
 itself
 
 time marches forward, and culture changes to no longer fit the old tools quite
 right. Plus they look like PS1 graphics ewwwwww look at those muddy textures
 and blocky bits arranged into triangles and meshes! how dorky, how retro
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--- #65 fediverse/5488 ---
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 okay ttyl I gotta go play video games I guess >.>
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--- #66 fediverse/6278 ---
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 @user-1429 
 
 do something fun and hard like walk to seattle or install linux on a toaster
 or write happy notes on post-its and leave them in public places or make art
 and leave it in a public place or~
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--- #67 messages/985 ---
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 I must play world of warcraft and I must play it soon
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 virtual machines are objectively interesting
 
 https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/bytecode.html
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 if the map you present to the players in session 0 had a mountain range on the
 OTHER SIDE of another mountain range, you need to zoooooom in. Unless your
 characters are all dwarves, a game should start in a valley or on an island.
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 Games where every time you play them it feels different, my beloved
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 nobody could have expected rogue trickster spirits operating in the pacific
 northwest, but hey here we are.
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 @user-570 
 
 I've messed around with Bevy and the library most similar in C is Raylib. in
 Lua it'd be Love2D I think.
 
 I love the idea of those systems. I haven't built a full game using them but I
 can conceptualize operations within them easier using a framework like that
 versus a game engine like Godot.
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 I wish games started with everything unlocked and if you wanted you could
 "start a journey" or whatever and lock everything but a few options... then
 slowly as you play the game you unlock new things to do until eventually
 you're back where you started.
 
 Essentially... starting at level 100 and having the option to prestige right
 away. If you want the experience. While playing a game. That you have every
 right to enjoy as you will.
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 @user-95 because I left a puzzle on my website and she's trying to unlock it :
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--- #75 fediverse/149 ---
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 @user-95 you seem pretty cool, would you like to play VRchat with me sometime?
 I have like, 1 friend in that game, and I'm too shy to make more xD
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 @user-883 
 
 you can always throw that resume at the next job too!
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 @user-643 
 
 virtual machines are cool. betcha can't write one using bytecode
 
 https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/bytecode.html
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--- #78 fediverse/5705 ---
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 all Valve has to do for linux compatibility is let us sort reviews by the
 operating system of the user. go back to making games! Proton is cool and I
 know you're a platform but your games are so good!
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 frankly it makes a ton of sense to me that computer programmers would have a
 game playing in the monitor. Gotta keep those brains active after all.
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 @user-570 @user-246 
 
 I'll make a game if you do! I promise mine will be worse than yours so you can
 feel better about your progress!
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 @user-110 Exactly! I play games to practice strategy and empathy, not to stand
 triumphant over a virtual foe. Why should I care for the lessons of others
 when mine so often go unlearnt?
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 Symbeline is a competitive simulation game with enough dynamic elements to
 keep it unpredictable, like how roguelikes are more replayable than ARPGs.
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--- #83 fediverse/5501 ---
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 byyyyyyye more video game time I guess
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 gonna play more video games, currently have 11 tabs of written posts open in
 my browser...
 
 (okay a few of them get a little off-topic, but hey I have ADHD what do you
 expect of me)
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 video games yay!
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 omgggggg just let me play the game, package manager T.T
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--- #88 messages/887 ---
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 To defeat community, all they have to do is get you to have more fun with
 their people until you start spending time away from the enmeshed people who
 know you. Honeypot style.
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 ah well guess I can't stream things hehe
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--- #90 fediverse/5441 ---
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 I just really like video games I guess??
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 I fucking hate how games give dopamine
 
 they're so much more educational than that.
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--- #92 fediverse/4827 ---
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 I run Nix on one of my laptops and I really enjoy it : )
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 most people have no conception of what ancient battles look like until they
 play a Total War game and see one from above
 
 (total war games also aren't that accurate tbh, there's a lot more
 standing-near-each-other-and-throwing-rocks involved)
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 you know you're cheating when you play Chess at your favorite bar, right?
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 what if games had APIs that could be used to build custom clients
 
 "but cheating!"
 
 haha oh yeah
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 I'm sorry, but you can't play any more video games for a while. No more
 spending time on hobbies. When you meet, discuss what needs you see and how to
 fulfill them.
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--- #97 messages/610 ---
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 I'm sorry, but you can't play any more video games for a while. No more
 spending time on hobbies. When you meet, discuss what needs you see and how to
 fulfill them.
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--- #98 fediverse/872 ---
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 @user-608 
 
 games-as-an-api when
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--- #99 fediverse/786 ---
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 @user-95 
 
 my favorites are the rock spirit and the water spirit, especially in tandem
 because they build up long-term defences and I'm all about that kind of
 meta-gameplay.
 
 sometimes I play the video-game version and play more than one spirit, just
 because A. nobody will play with me IRL and B. then I can coordinate myself
 without feeling bad about stepping on other player's toes
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 @user-635 
 
 ohhhh yeah that checks out. VR is pretty cool, I have to admit. Especially VR
 chat, especially with people you know.
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--- #101 fediverse/5069 ---
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 if you have problems with games on linux, I can help you install it
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 I wish I had more games, I keep forgetting which to install though. Also
 Warcraft 3 doesn't work >.>
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 what if I smoked weed and played video games after a long period of time away
 from the internet which I missed dearly
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--- #104 fediverse/3086 ---
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 a package manager that hosts mods to games
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--- #105 fediverse/5345 ---
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 you can't win every battle, but if you're losing then you've lost.
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--- #106 fediverse/1374 ---
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 heh somehow I managed to die inbetween games? yeah that checks out
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--- #107 fediverse/1196 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 you're not a creep in fact you're quite awesome and cool and neato to be sure 
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--- #108 fediverse/3810 ---
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 doing my best to get at least one bugfix or feature done per day on my
 video-game mod. I think the regularity and discipline could do me well.
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--- #109 fediverse/4975 ---
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 Hearts are full. We await commands. I played games yesterday.
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 if you don't have a lot of time but still like games, like for example a new
 parent or if you're focused on your career or always traveling, I recommend
 the game
 
 Star Realms
 
 in the digital version, which can be played on a phone or computer, has a mode
 called "48 hour turns" where each of your moves has time to think for two
 entire days. Most of the time you won't need two days, but it gives time to
 work on other things.
 
 for people who enjoy this mode, it is not uncommon to have 3-5 games running
 at once. When they have time, they can play as many as they can, and as long
 as they're keeping up with it there's very little chance they'll lose time.
 
 kinda like words with friends, except space strategy.
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 alright I'm in a "if you want me, come tell me" kind of mood, so if you want
 me, come tell me.
 
 in the meantime, I'm going to be working on making silly little desktop games
 which do nothing and mean nothing and are not useful or valuable in any way.
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 games from ~2006 or later have the best achievements because they expected
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--- #113 messages/377 ---
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 a game that automatically streams every single game of it that's currently
 running for anyone to watch...
 
 like Supreme Commander, a definitely super awesome game that you surely
 wouldn't and definitiely definitely shouldn't train an AI on.
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--- #115 fediverse/3177 ---
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 I want to point out how for every game that released in a month, they had at
 about 5 people playing it and averaged their scores.
A description of the rating procedure for Nintendo Power magazine circa 1998.  There are 10 total evaluators, each with around 3 specialties in genres such as action, adventure, puzzles, fighting, RPGs, sports, etc.  Each game is scored proportionally with game design at 25% of the final score, satisfaction at 25%, graphics at 20%, play control at 20%, and sound with 10%
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--- #116 fediverse/3620 ---
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 Yep! back in the day be-fore "four play" you could generally only single-play,
 and for "four play" you'd typically find friends be-fore play-ing.
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--- #117 fediverse/1272 ---
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 get yourself a fedi friend who knows everyone and boosts the cool people
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--- #118 fediverse_boost/647 ---
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--- #119 fediverse/1771 ---
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--- #120 fediverse/5925 ---
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 what if there was a gameboy with mechanical keyboard switches for the buttons
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--- #121 fediverse/5693 ---
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 when I play Battlefront II I like to give the enemies heroes and vehicles and
 my team more infantry
 
 3 rebels versus 50 ties works great for corellian corvettes, but they never
 let us use bigger ships : (
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 @user-1414 @user-381 
 
 gives me the same vibes as bringing zip-ties to January 6th
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--- #123 fediverse/2963 ---
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 ohhhh hehe that's a vibe too ^_^
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 steam should have an option to create shortcuts to video games in directories
 of choosing
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 truck driver who has a long-ish range drone ferrying water bottles back and
 forth while invisible to satellite surveillance
 
 EDIT: better yet, kids playing games at home
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 people who don't play games are fucked in the afterlife, just sayin'
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 in a battle, your foe's greatest weapon is the screams of your falling.
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 how little we find of thoughts from her mind
 yet now we are kings of our own time
 oh how she is wander true
 
 DEAR VR DESIGNERS:
 
 when making trailers for your game, create a separate camera in the game engine
 and record from that.
 
 keep the player character invisible, but just... watch from a distance
 
 like they're an actor in a scene
 
 ummmm oh dear she's crazy, what the heck
 
 [no this is just what it's like to see stars]
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--- #129 fediverse/1472 ---
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 my streaming is broken and I can't figure out why : (
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--- #130 fediverse/6098 ---
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 RTS games where each player can see all the other player's mouse pointers, my
 beloved
 
 ... girl there's only one game that does that and it's a mod
 
 don't remind me T.T
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 @user-95 okay I will! that sounds like fun I think I'll join you instead of
 being productive : )
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 Magic Survival might not work then, as it's a "single stick shooter" where
 movement is controlled with a virtual joystick and other actions are performed
 automatically.
 
 There is more than one control scheme in the options, so it might be worth
 fiddling with, but octopus arms are hard to overcome in a non-turn-based game.
 Good luck finding games that work ❤️
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 Game idea:
 
 Majesty clone, but instead of heroes and monsters it's ninjas versus mafia.
 
 Picture this: A 1940s city and a 1600s (?) ninja monastary. Right up against
 one
 another, with the same amount of land and resources. They're pitted against one
 another, and by reacting to the environment a player can guide this "nation" as
 it would be called in other games to victory. It's like majesty so you can't
 directly control your minions, just offer bounties. JUST LIKE NINJAS AND MAFIAS
 DO. BAM
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--- #134 fediverse/3008 ---
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 when I play games, the theme only matters when it's being sold to me.
 
 after, once I start playing, I stick around if the mechanics are good.
 
 hence, why I loooooove video games but spend like 30$ on them every 6 months
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--- #135 fediverse/6443 ---
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 speedrunners forget how to play (toy) their favorite toys and learn how to
 play (instrument) their favorite instruments
 
 EDIT: it can be relearned. focus on the tandem.
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--- #136 fediverse/5658 ---
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 do you think the "main menu" in video games is named after the main() function?
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 there's this silly game that the gods like to play on ambitious mortals where
 they are given great and mystical powers... and then in their hour of need,
 they're taken away, so everyone's like "bro you're just schizophrenic" and the
 prophet is like "but god said" and their mothers are weeping in the corner
 because the city lost a new baker or butcher or candlestick stuffer
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--- #138 messages/521 ---
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 War doesn't care if you use guns or swords or words or waves. War is conflict,
 conflict is motion, and you are in the eye of the storm.
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--- #139 fediverse/3275 ---
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 a strict meta is when the game is too rock-paper-scissors-y.
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--- #140 fediverse/3707 ---
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 phew I'm tired of productivity, gonna play a game and fall asleep ^_^
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--- #141 messages/484 ---
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 "hey listen! Beware of this danger around me! It's [blegh]
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 subconsciously running your hand over your butt every time you stand up to
 make sure you didn't pee your pants
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--- #143 fediverse/900 ---
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 if you want time to go slower, stop entertaining yourself.
 
 "time flies when you're having fun"
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--- #144 fediverse/6361 ---
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 sometimes I like playing two lofi/ambient playlists at once. if they don't
 sync up I switch one of them until it feels fine.
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 @user-1370 
 
 wawawawawawawawawa : )
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--- #146 fediverse/3974 ---
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 it is significantly more engaging to watch people play MMOs when they've
 unbound all their action bars from their number keys and are forced to click
 on all the abilities. That way you can actually follow what moves they're
 doing.
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--- #147 fediverse/431 ---
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 Here's an idea: mobile games / software should not be able to offer
 real-world-money-transactions that exceed 500% of the cost of the least
 expensive transaction available in the application.
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--- #148 fediverse/2661 ---
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 I have the gameplay mechanics of a paladin but the body type of a sorceror
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 brick + cop car is how they getcha.
 
 useful violence happens out of sight.
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--- #150 fediverse/3817 ---
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 hey, anyone wanna build the matrix with me? minus the human CPUs of course.
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--- #151 fediverse/5068 ---
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 strategy games level up your wisdom stat.
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--- #152 fediverse/1185 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 Hell yeah. I can't help but wonder if there's a more universal solution on the
 horizon that will work for every game, using idk a raspberry pi zero or
 something? I'm into hardware but not that much so forgive my insolence. Seeing
 these purpose-built PCBs applied toward historical preservation and
 utilization of forward thinking retro gaming technology fills my heart with
 joy.
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--- #153 fediverse/1803 ---
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 games where comments on the replays show up in future chat-logs for that
 episode
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--- #154 fediverse/2889 ---
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 @user-95 
 
 get two and do RAID! It's fun to set up! I think Western Digital is a good
 brand?
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--- #155 fediverse/5677 ---
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 I am beyond excited for the future.
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--- #156 fediverse/2542 ---
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 a super neat thing about being trans is that you get to roll with advantage
 against rumplestiltskin
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--- #157 fediverse/4399 ---
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 ... Dare for the Bright Age, though "don't forget to be awesome" works too I
 guess.
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--- #158 fediverse/5633 ---
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 I wish someone would make a "meta game engine" that would run any type of
 project that you gave it. Unity, Unreal, RPGgame-maker-studio, Godot, etc
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--- #159 fediverse/2114 ---
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 ... unrelated, but hey check out this cool social media collage thing that I
 made!
a long collage of various social media posts. Unfortunately they were not preserved when I turned my computer off, but their record was saved because I screenshotted them before closing the window. They're all things that I said, or mostly things that I said, also some things from my friends.  I didn't get permission to post them, but what they said was relatively innocuous. Just the stuff that they wouldn't mind sharing, the stuff that you should go to their profile website if you'd like to know more.
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--- #160 fediverse/4635 ---
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 @user-1722 
 
 Magic Survival
 
 it has gameplay similar to Vampire Survivors, but it came first, is way
 better, and is stylish as fuck
 
 single-stick shooter with roguelike progression
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--- #161 fediverse/4539 ---
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 @user-1698 
 
 My favorite mobile game is "Magic Survival" and while it is "active" it
 doesn't require strong "reflexes" per se, so idk it might work for your
 unsteady hands.
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--- #162 fediverse/233 ---
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 @user-189 yah chillies are good as long as we can put shallots in it too!
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--- #163 fediverse/5416 ---
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 if you aren't rude, or bothersome, or excessively boring, you can pretty much
 be my friend forever.
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--- #164 fediverse/2924 ---
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 uh-oh, gotta go! I've been doomscrolling for too long! pkill firefox
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--- #165 fediverse/3188 ---
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 @user-883 
 
 they liiiiike you 😋 
 
 maybe they'll hire you!
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--- #166 fediverse/3992 ---
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 gamers compulsively say "gg" after every match but I think the best games are
 the ones that are even - neck and neck - could go either way - always a tense
 struggle
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--- #167 fediverse/1300 ---
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 eat another pickle
 
 you surely will not regret eating another pickle
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 @user-206 @user-1576 
 
 Whoa Tildes was so cool!
 
 I use forums for specific interests like games and such. Also for, uh... porn
 sometimes.
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--- #169 fediverse/993 ---
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 @user-95 so cool! 🤩​
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--- #170 fediverse/2601 ---
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 @user-249 
 
 you can host anything you'd like on a raspberry pi. If the software
 requirements are within the hardware specs, of course.
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--- #171 fediverse/297 ---
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 @user-214 so you know where to find what you need to know
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--- #172 fediverse/1437 ---
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 a perpetual motion machine would appear stable to the machine in motion
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--- #173 messages/12 ---
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 https://www.lexaloffle.com/games.php?page=updates&key=nQDAlSWYIv2Ht
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--- #174 messages/977 ---
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 cassandora and pandasandra, vavadane d' sevastavan
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--- #175 fediverse/1636 ---
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 [Forged Alliance Forever does this automatically btw]
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--- #176 fediverse/4163 ---
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 @user-1259 
 
 have fun!
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--- #177 fediverse/6242 ---
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 My favorite thing about Freddi Fish is how it teaches sensory experience.
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--- #178 fediverse/717 ---
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 @user-544 
 
 Whoa. You're kidding That picture is gorgeous!
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--- #179 fediverse/4112 ---
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 @user-1636 
 
 Neat! Thank you for pointing me toward it! You're the best!! 🥰 🥰 😎
 🙃 😋
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--- #180 fediverse/684 ---
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 @user-507 
 
 meow
 
 now there's just a few more
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--- #181 fediverse/2095 ---
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 Sometimes it's okay to be sloppy if you're having fun!
 
 Just... clean up after yourself when you're done 😉
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--- #182 fediverse/2905 ---
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 @user-1071 
 
 wink 😉 😎 🙃 😋
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--- #183 fediverse/1260 ---
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 @user-898 
 
 good luck finding a match for me >: )
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--- #184 messages/597 ---
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 Ride the truck TO battle, not into it.
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--- #185 fediverse/3002 ---
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 "come, taste the kool-aid, it's delicious"
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--- #186 fediverse/1637 ---
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 another cool thing about FAF is that you can download a mod that shows the
 position of your cursor to other players. So weird how after a while all the
 cursors started staying permanently in the top-left corner.
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--- #187 fediverse/3920 ---
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 Supreme Commander ruined me.
 
 I can't play RTS games without a zoom function T.T
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--- #188 fediverse/295 ---
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 games that offer both a story mode and an instant-action arcade mode, my
 beloved
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 just means that's the most entertaining type of strategy we've found so far
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--- #190 messages/1090 ---
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 programmable matter is cool because you can interact with it on a human scale.
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 also applies for alt-text on pictures for people with screenreaders
 
 something something "if I play both sides, then I'm always right!"
four panel meme of a cute girl with sunglasses and a bow in her hair.  first panel she's like "nah, no thank you" while gesturing dismissively with her hand and turning away.  second panel is what she's against - it shows text saying: "Putting content warnings on your posts so that the data can be used in a dataset for an LLM that has been sanitized from political content thus depriving it of context in a post truth world"  third panel she's like "yeah, I like this one instead." and she's smiling and pointing a finger at the fourth panel, which reads:  "content warning your posts so that you don't hurt other people's feelings or trigger vulnerable people who are just trying to laugh at memes or have a decent life in the face of trauma and woe"
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--- #192 fediverse/2415 ---
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 heh what kind of vibe do I give?
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 just some random things from my hard drive
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--- #194 messages/1160 ---
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 Give your money to purple and orange and green, not yellow and white.
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 can't fucking wait till we're done eating the rich and I can go back to a
 simple life of playing with my cat, making video games, writing poetry (bad
 poetry, but I like it) and hanging out with my friends.
 
 gotta build the social infrastructure to get through this phase first, though.
 something something echo chambers exist IRL too
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--- #196 fediverse/5450 ---
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 "cool it with the psychic posting"
 
 ha yeah okay. I still got some things to get through though. I bet someone
 somewhere wants to see it.
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--- #197 fediverse/1294 ---
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 I love video games so much. It's like a little machine you can play like an
 instrument! How cool is that? And they have themes!!!
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--- #198 fediverse/1349 ---
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 ah yes but how could anyone hurt me if I don't make myself vulnerable. It'd
 simply be unfair to play a game without any stakes. But if you insist...
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--- #199 fediverse/4282 ---
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 @user-938 
 
 VRchat if you haven't been there yet!
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--- #200 fediverse/411 ---
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 I feel like I play roughly the same amount of video games during the work day
 as the average software developer. Does that mean I'm qualified?
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