This is not a private matter. Devs and execs know this very well and count on it. Playing is essentially a misappropriation hence hollow designs finding success. Having a community promoting fun playstyles and creating gameadjacent incentives has always been a concern even back in the arcade days.

for most the figurative elements constitute the game. Narrative interpretations of those elements are the only thing they rely upon to build their appreciation.

Yes, totally get it. I guess knowing who to sell your game to used to implie building upon strong, already established ideas. But as boundaries between genres became looser, marketing first thinking became nonfunctional.

Started on Saturn, completed on Dreamcast and drawing inspiration from Dragon Quest III, Captain Harlock, Treasure Island, Laputa, The Secret of Blue Water and Grandia (?): the making of Skies of Arcadia, AKA Eternal Arcadia.
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Yet, genre-specific elements provide a framework to express ideas. Ideas are not floating within the ether.

They I call "clothes peg gamers" cause they can have fun with anything.

I find it utterly baffling that camera manufacturers weren't able to provide an acceptable look out of camera in the early days. Interestingly SD studio cemeras aimed at broadcasting were somewhat good in this regard.

thanks for everything you do, this one is fire!!

All of these small changes they made with everything didn’t seem like a big deal to me in isolation but they all add up when you’re experiencing it all in totality

Not denying the dexterity and physical ability required. But so much of this shit is just information

Every time I figure out another nuance of how bullet patterns work, I find myself thinking less about “pressing buttons better” and more about just understanding whats happening

thankfully we dont live in capitalism. we live in a democracy. we could always just vote the monopoly out once it gets to become one!