tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post8184737463519145157..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Can I Tempt You To A Little Something? Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-54848825473258771582018-06-24T09:02:26.739+01:002018-06-24T09:02:26.739+01:00The decision-making thing is absolutely what I hat...The decision-making thing is absolutely what I hate about all games. It creates a (spurious) feeling of responsibility and I have entirely enough genuine responsibility in my regular life - the last thing I need is to for entertainment to try an make me feel responsible too.<br /><br />I think this may be why decision-path mechanics became so successful in media intended primarily for rising teens and adolescents. From around 10 to 20 many young people feel they deserve and can cope with more responsibility than they are afforded and resent having decisions, especially important ones, made for them by adults. Decision-tree entertainment like RPGs and especially the old "Choose Your Adventure" novels let the young person feel they are in charge, making the choices.<br /><br />Well, I am in charge, making the choices and I have been for about forty years now and some days I positively look forward to the day my only choice is which window to ask the nurse to park my bathchair in front of. So games that have "meaningful" decisions really don't do anything for me.<br /><br />The Banner Saga is interesting in that respect. It's apparent early on that although your decisions have significant consequences there's probably nothing you can do that will improve the situation. All you're doing is switching the caravan to go over a clif instead of over a waterfall. The end is going to be disaster no matter what. On that basis I can just pick something without angsting about it.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-62508676046367585682018-06-24T08:27:36.255+01:002018-06-24T08:27:36.255+01:00I had to link my Twitch account with Prime to get ...I had to link my Twitch account with Prime to get the free games - they all come via Twitch. I haven't investigated what other delights Twitch has to offer yet.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-21339314647585124462018-06-24T06:57:35.109+01:002018-06-24T06:57:35.109+01:00If you have an Amazon Aldine account then you shou...If you have an Amazon Aldine account then you should make full use of the Twitch Prime account (free with AP). I think it required installing the Twitch app but rewards with free game downloads and in game currency (games vary). I still have Superhot sitting on my desktop waiting to be played thanks to Twitch Prime.coppertopperhttp://thisisnotarealurl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-23385248436392618922018-06-23T23:12:03.114+01:002018-06-23T23:12:03.114+01:00The trouble with MMOs (and not a lot of trouble, a...The trouble with MMOs (and not a lot of trouble, as i have LOTRO, EQ, EQ2, and DDO all on semi / soft rotation right now) is the negligible impact decisions and events have.<br /><br />Sure, if you are playing MMOs for the repetition and comfort they can't be beat, but I do love making a decision in a game, and having it stick, and seeing the outcome of that decision. Better yet over multiple titles (which is why games like MAss Effect - the original triology - were so popular).<br /><br />The single player persistant world sounds neat of someone does it right. I'd love for once to exterminate all the rats on a continent and see what the quest giver for kill 10 of them does with their newfound freedom.Iseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489936780809266112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-69502609233005295872018-06-23T18:46:57.369+01:002018-06-23T18:46:57.369+01:00I'm drifting a little more towards single-play...I'm drifting a little more towards single-player games than I have been for a long time because I like a little novelty once in a while and there's precious little of that around in MMOs right now. I looked at Bless and Dark and Light on Steam today but if that's the best on offer I think I can manage without.<br /><br />I have a mental list of single-player titles I might get to one day culled from various blogs, not least your own. Whether I'll ever find the time and inclination to follow them up is another matter.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-9855502452894754472018-06-23T18:42:06.456+01:002018-06-23T18:42:06.456+01:00That's impressive restraint! We all have our w...That's impressive restraint! We all have our weak spots though. If Amazon did a "List of gadgets you bought and never used" I'd be keeping that very much to myself...Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-88539357294829873162018-06-23T18:38:11.021+01:002018-06-23T18:38:11.021+01:00Aha! That was it. I thought it was you from the st...Aha! That was it. I thought it was you from the start because I remembered a screenshot saved for posterity of "6 games" when what was on offer was actually 5, which is something I've seen you do often! Then I scanned your recent post titles and couldn't see it so i thought it must have been someone else. I didn't think to check that Friday compilation post.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for the tip - got me two free games! I'd have missed them otherwise. Amazon send me regular "What's new on Prime" emails which I always read but they never mentioned anything about games.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-65394199990869832472018-06-23T18:03:44.760+01:002018-06-23T18:03:44.760+01:00I think I mentioned the Amazon Prime free game thi...I think I mentioned the Amazon Prime free game thing in a Friday bullet points post, which naturally makes it tough to find in feebly since it isn’t in the headline.<br /><br />I’m sitting at the airport in LA, so I will have to wait until I get home to see what I have spent on Steam. Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-2563550788897585812018-06-23T17:50:23.653+01:002018-06-23T17:50:23.653+01:00Hah, I've got even you beat!
TotalSpend 2018-...Hah, I've got even you beat!<br /><br />TotalSpend 2018-06-12 22:01:44.353 $39.81<br /><br />[/smug]<br /><br />Now, if we were to check money spent on MMO subscriptions or something like that, I'd be in trouble...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-17470865571681213342018-06-23T12:24:56.586+01:002018-06-23T12:24:56.586+01:00I personally came within inches of picking up Elde...I personally came within inches of picking up Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset on Steam this sale. Only the fact that it wasn't, in fact, on any kind of discount led to me dunking into my infinite wishlist and spending that money on ten single-player games instead.<br /><br />Thus the cycle continues, really. I'm lost in "triple-A" gaming for the moment but will dart back into indie games and MMOs and such as I see fit. (I'm already playing ESO again, and I picked up Star Trek Online again, and in more hyperkinetic things Quake Champions has my attention.) I can't universally declare that either MMOs or single-player games satisfy me more and I certainly wander back and forth between them in a confused honeybee scramble... but I would be deeply sad to lose the option of wandering in either direction. XyzzySqrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492223901575470508noreply@blogger.com