The medium has found itself, right? We are entering a time where it's not just input output. The games that we get to play now do feel like art sometimes. Sometimes the active play is so pure that it feels like art or sometimes it does feel like exploring somebody else's emotions. There's much more options, there's much more different ways to go. But the medium is really up on its legs. Yeah. Yes. So we're entering postmodernism. We're entering a state of reference as well, which is great fun. It's so rewarding. I'm in a really amazing age, you know? yeah. You can't be mad at me for saying this
Gaming used to be for everybody, like Lego. But somewhere around the early noughties gaming became extremely gendered, with first person war shooters dominating mainstream gaming and “girl” games arrived. We talk The Sims, Harvest Moon, Pokemon, Stardew Valley, tv and movie franchise games, horse riding games, a little bit of Zelda, and a little bit of Skyrim. We also discuss Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and finish with recommendations for new gamers. Recs include:
Wandersong
Chicory
A Short Hike
Cult of the Lamb
Boyfriend Dungeon
Going Under
Wychwood
What Remains of Edith Finch
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