We're still a gaming community right guys?
Hoping we can compile a trustworthy-ish list of indie games that are actually worth a damn. I'm maybe a single toe deep into the Indie game world.
What are some of your recommendations?
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It's straight up autism. It's the autists that are vulnerable to this stuff and the other two groups you list are composed of a significant number of autists, whether they be full blown or just have a touch of the tism.
This is also why speedrunning is even more over-flowing with troons. Autists are naturally drawn to playing a single level over and over and over, and so many end up going troon, and I almost feel sorry for them. Almost. Because so many of them turn around and try to push it onto more people, making them also complicit.
Shit, this explains so much. I could never understand the speedrun craze and the mental illness it must take to make it a thing.
To be fair, I can understand the joy of watching speedruns, but the type of person to actually do speedrunning for the purpose of getting some high score is definitely linked. The only exception is racing through a game against a friend. That's a friendly competition, not obsessive breaking down of a game. It's a fine line, but it's one that exists.
I have kids. I don't feel sorry for them at all. I think they should be sent to hell as expediently as possible.
The reason I feel even a little sorry is that they too were taken advantage of. That doesn't excuse their own choice to then take advantage of others, they're still scum and should be treated as such. But I can't forget that at one point it was someone else who took advantage of them.
Their current state is at least partially the result of that, to the point that were they not taken advantage of, they wouldn't be the scum they are.
When I hear speedrunners being socially challenged.
The original tweet behind the joke almost has a point if it dropped the "Petersonian" half ("Jungian" is the cooler term anyways), and shifted to common cause. That and broadened to include casuals who can't play games a right way if not nudged by the game's design (Doom Eternal being an example that compels varied gameplay), or min-maxers who can't appreciate the art or freeform aspects of a game.
"Kenshi" is one of those that makes these types self destruct. Total sandbox environments really seem to short circuit their brains.