Games Aren't Good Because They're "Addictive" (The Jimquisition)
Added 2024-10-28 17:58:56 +0000 UTCOver time, the word "addictive" has been used positively when describing games, and it makes sense that a good game is one you can't stop playing. However, addiction is nurtured by bad games too, as evidenced by my habitual playing of Aeternum: New World.
I love how language can evolve but we need to be careful about the shape it takes, especially when there are others who will exploit a word's meaning for malicious purposes. We need our language to differentiate a good game you can't stop playing and a game that's designed to be addictive for financially abusive reasons, because right now companies such as Amazon Games are relishing in the obfuscation.
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Major Ward
2024-10-29 18:49:33 +0000 UTCNext time I think "Steph is taking a while to upload today's video" I'll feel tempted to take a ferry and go see if I should slap out of your hands a game you don't like. Btw, I've been having dificulty putting down Fallout London lately, where F4 bored be within a single Steam free weekend, despite its efforts to have addictive gameplay. It's kind of the same gameplay, technically. Not sure where I'm going with this... Play Folon if you can. Thank got fot Step.
Am1vf
2024-10-28 19:47:41 +0000 UTCThe last game that I would say I was addicted to was battletech on steam. The mantra "just one more mission" kept me up way too late, too many a night. That was a good game though.
alexander gaitan
2024-10-28 18:26:31 +0000 UTC
