quote [ I bought a Steam Deck thinking I would delight in being able to play the breadth and depth of PC gaming away from my desk. Then I downloaded arcade racer Horizon Chase Turbo and basically played nothing else. It was fast, accessible, a throwback to the Amiga racers of my youth, and perfect for sneaking in between work meetings and emails. ]

quote [ I feel that the world-building and decorating is so much easier than Animal Crossing. It?s so simple to build up land and create stairs, and there isn?t some five star rating system that I need to keep track of to get better flowers, either. ]

quote [ Twitch streamer who used an electroencephalogram device to beat Elden Ring with her mind now using to destroy at Halo multiplayer. ]

quote [ For men awaiting execution in Texas, illicit games of Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline. ]

quote [ I got an email the other day that just said, ?I hope you step on a Lego.? ]

quote [ I think there?s a sweet spot that you maintain when you design all that, where it?s just the right amount of complexity. If it?s too complex then it turns into a game, and the effect isn?t exactly the same. Interacting with it is then more about ?beating the game? rather than enjoying the presence of something wacky. ]

quote [ Maximize yields to survive the rent. ]

quote [ So many of these early gaming subgenres were abandoned before their time as gamers jumped on to the new shiny thing. It's really worth looking back at all the untapped potential we've left behind. ]

quote [ The most striking feature for that matter was the ?observation sheet? in the manual (yes the game had a paper manual), which encouraged users to adopt a quasi-naturalist perspective by writing down few words about what one could notice, in terms of health, appearance, or appetite. ]

quote [ It might be time to log in to your Neopets account again. ]