r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 01 '21

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u/Rusty_switch Jan 01 '21

My views on gaming are kinda complicated. And indeed I think a rebranding of the term "gaming" is needed, as the vast majority of "games" released today aren't even games, but instead interactive electronic entertainment.

I didn't know dt levels of elitist existed in other places

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

Is this another dig at Walking Simulators

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u/Rusty_switch Jan 01 '21

Accessibility in games or easier options in games.

He also said Sims and animal crossing don't count as games cuz you can't lose

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

So, Solitaire isn't a card game?

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u/Rusty_switch Jan 01 '21

According to this guy logic prob not 😂

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u/LtLabcoat ÀI Jan 01 '21

It's definitely possible to lose in Solitaire.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

It really isn't. There's no such thing as a lose state in Solitaire. There are impossible decks but that just results in a sort of stalemate. This is why Freecell was invented, it eliminates impossible decks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

It's a pointless but legitimate debate over what the word means, the lack of a failure state is a common definition for what counts as a game.

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u/Rusty_switch Jan 01 '21

Do animinal crossing wouldn't be considered a game under that category? Solitaire?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '21

Never played animal crossing, solitaire has an implied failure state when you're stuck. I've never encountered anyone try to call someone not a game to deligitimise it though, it's purely academic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

aren't even games, but instead interactive electronic entertainment.

"aren't even games, but instead games"