Q&A: January 31st, 2024 (Patreon)

DizzyDwarf Asks
Have you considered "YouTube retirement" after the whole situation with game theory and tomska?

Not really.

Though I'm not surprised to see so many different Youtubers of the same generation who've been grinding for 10+ years on a sometimes weekly basis, it's honestly rather amazing that this hadn't happened sooner.

Hats off to them.

The_Surviv0r Asks
Having cleared Pseudoregalia not long ago got me thinking, how popular do you think the PS1/N64 Visual style will get? I'm happy to see more of it but I'm well aware it'll likely not reach anything close to what the 8bit or 16bit styled game reached and that I'm more of an exception.

I think you'd be surprised.

We've already had several hugely popular games like Ultrakill and Lethal Company. In the same way you wouldn't say Super Meat Boy would be better in 3D, I don't think anybody would say that Ultrakill would be better in high-fidelity.

Now that more people have the ability to make their game almost as high-fidelity as they want, rather than primitive 3D graphics being the height of technology like it was in the 90s, people can start maximizing the retro-3d style's artistic potential in a way that we just weren't focused on back.

Zigo Asks
With The Crew being completely inaccessible even though a big part of the game is solo, Ubisoft saying that gamers should begin to be used to not own games, and Xbox going more and more towards all digital, will you change your way of buying games, or not?

Nah, but that's because I've jumped the gun.

I'm pretty experienced with the Seas.

The reason I think this stuff needs to get to a Government Enforcement level though is that the multiple ways of buying games is rather irrelevant for games like The Crew, as no matter the storefront, physical copy, or game console, you'll still be unable to play it, and I think we've had enough years to see that the "vote with your wallet" is bullshit when multi-billion dollar mega-corps are giving 100s of psychologists six-figure salaries to intentionally pray upon consumer habit and addiction.

Kronk The Level Puller Asks
Have you ever played The Outer Wilds? If so, what were your thoughts on it?

...I've played The Outer Worlds.

Thankfully, I've never been spoiled on Outer Wilds though, so I'll be able to enjoy it when I do get to it.

Snuron Asks
Is there a singleplayer game with no story you like?

Not going to include driving games, as that's just cheating.

Off the top of my head I think of SSX 3, Trials Evolution, Skate, early Tony Hawks... okay, I'm already picking up on a trend here too. This is a harder question than I thought; just spotted DJ Hero on my shelf, that's another one, though it kinda goes for most Rhythm games in-general.

Kinda fascinating to think that before Half Life, effectively non-existent story was the norm in this art-form. Oh how things have changed...

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