The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you.

One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.

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Day 20
Clinical Trial
https://homieshouse.itch.io/clinical-trial

[P] This is why the world's more civilised places have retired the likes of ECT/ICT and ABA. It juat doesn't stick. Anyone who's had these horrors enacted upon them suffers brain damage later on. It can affect motor control, reasoning, memory, and so on. This is because the processes used to bring about the result of that self-delusion are incredibly damaging. The "lucky" ones can get away with "just" cPTSD. It's really that bad, yes.

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-3

[P] The mind is willing to lie if it finds itself in a situation it finds upsetting. The brain has a remarkable capacity for self-delusion—at least, for a time. This state of self-delusion can even appear "healthy" as the processes of the brain are doing what they think is necessary to make the suffering end. It can make brainwashing seem effectice initially, but all it really does is lead to long-term poor heapth and trauma. Hardly ideal.

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-2

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you.

One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.

#retrogaming​
#retrogame​
#videogame​
#gamingart​
#gamingcommunity​
#gamedev​
#gamedevelopment​
#gamingindustry​
#gamedesign​
#pixelart​
#indiegame

Day 19
To the Moon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Moon

[P] I wish there were more games like Omno. Unusual aesthetics paired with interesting gameplay mechanics where I'm never exoected to murder. Subnautica: Below Zero is another great example of this. But these games are such an impossibly rare treat. I have money to spend on games but not much to spend it on! And it feels like that's more true now than ever. The '90s were full of weird aesthetics coupled with no-killing gameplay, where'd rhat go?

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-9

[P] What this suggests is that there's a massive untapped market that exists in the lower levels of DT scores. At the moment, moatly only cozy games, puzzle games, and cozy puzzle games exist for that market. If you think about it, though, there's a lot of gameplay styles and aesthetics that'd appeal to this unseen demographic, providing them with experiences they never otherwise have the chance to enjoy. Isn'r it worth exploring?

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-6

[P] It also fascinates me that neurodivergence has a causitive relationship with a lower DT score, too. The most research has been done into autism, but it's suggested it applies to ADHD at least aswell. I find that interesting, but also exactly what I'd expect. Hiverarchy is "Us" vs. others by its nature, and neurodivergence doesn't fit into hiverarchy due to basing their perception of evil around immorality and cruelty inatead of dissimilarity.

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-5

[P] If those who care so much they end up in climate research fields and the like, perhaps they score 0% or below too. Maybe that's just what caring is. I think the Dark Triad average is higher than most researchers realise. I pointed out prior that a higher Dark Triad score has a correlative relationship with an "Us" vs. others perspective, the higher the former, the stronger the latter. Low DT scores don't really do "Us" vs. other at all.

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-4

[P] It's intereating. Questions about why one is bothered by or why one cares so much about any given thing could be down to scoring lower on the Dark Triad. The thing is? Realistically, I suspect I score lower than 0%, but that 0% is just the baseline for what those researchers bepieved could exist. Hence getting 0%. A perfect 0 is improbable, so the measuring scale doesn't go down far enough. It makes me wonder about, well...

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-3

[P] The question is whether games attract persons who'd score higher on Dark Triad tests, or whether certain kinds of games amplify Dark Triad traits through desensitisation. It seems to be both, and really, desensitisation isn't desirable. Indeed, desensitisation could be causitive of a higher Dark Triad score. I've noticed MH fans complaining about their partners not liking their vidya, which is interesting. They don't want to get desensitised.

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-2

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you.

One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.

#retrogaming​
#retrogame​
#videogame​
#gamingart​
#gamingcommunity​
#gamedev​
#gamedevelopment​
#gamingindustry​
#gamedesign​
#pixelart​
#indiegame

Day 18
Analogue: A Hate Story
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogue%3A_A_Hate_Story