• Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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    4 hours ago

    All Vidya Gamez are fundamentally Skinner Boxes.

    No they are not and I will fight you. If you mean multiplayer online games, well maybe, you might have a point, but I don’t play those games and so I will make no claims about them.

    However. If you call Outer Wilds or Pathologic/Pathologic 2 or Disco Elysium or A Short Hike or Journey skinner boxes, well, you’re just wrong. Games are experiences, they’re stories that can be more immersive than a movie or a book and if they’re done well, holy shit are they good!

    Games are (can be) amazing, and I’m sick of pretending they’re not.