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Hi. I'm Fritz. I write about indie games, TCG's, and board/video game weirdness on https://gametrodon.com/ AKA, the worlds worst games investigative journalist.

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 9d

This weeks writeup was on the Q-UP demo! It's a really cool and weird incremental game that seems to be a send up of... well a bunch of things!

Q-UP Demo - Gametrodon

Q-Up is a game about flipping coins, hostile corporate takeovers, a satire of the state of live service games, and send up of E-Sports.

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, that would be my answer as well. But in my limited experience, when people start engaging with extreme coping mechanisms, it’s usually because something is already in an unhealthy state, and they’re trying to find a way to compensate and manage those problems.

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 6h

For those who haven't seen it...

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 6h

"I'd like you to draw me a dragon"
"A what?"
"A dragon. You know what a dragon is right? You've seen pictures of dragons?"
"Uh, yeah. Of course"

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 7h

I think it’s coping strategy, like someone who drinks or smokes to deal with stress. Question is if the side effects are worth the pain.

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 7h

Alexa is a machine, but the habit of language for communication means that when I use it, I use my default patterns for language. I feel like the same thing is true for “communication” over text. Even into an LLM, part of is perceives it as real, since we’ve been trained to do that our entire lives.

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 7h

Like as an example: I’ve always had a harder time telling my Alexa to “Shut the fuck up/shut up” then “stop/be quiet” because I don’t communicate with people by telling them to shut the fuck up.

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 7h

Then I reveal which it actually is. Do you have the disorder when you know the truth, or when you form a relationship purely over text with an unknown party?

I feel like humans are hard wired to be social, and use to certain channels socially.

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 7h

Is the mental disorder part the part where they know it’s a machine? Like, imagine I set a up chat system that either connects you with an LLM, or a person instructed to act like an LLM, and don’t tell you which, and they won’t tell you. You form some sort of bond with the person on the other end.

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 21h

That's just tragic.

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 1d

What's a game that's hard to learn, but easy to master?

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 1d

@cwgabriel.bsky.social So... just finished reading the last part of the The Blessing, and now I'm wondering... did most of the trees in the Eyrewood... not start out as trees?

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been playing a fair bit of Battlefield 6, and every time I finish a game I go “Wow, I really paid $70 for this”

Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 2d

This is going off my local LGS’s, PAX presence, and other friends into CCG’s across the country. Lorcana is definitely alive, but in a bit of a doldrum.

I think Altered might be bigger outside the US from some conversations I had, but I really don’t have a good sense for it.

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 2d

Altered: I haven’t seen any Altered events where I’m at, but they had a decent presence at PAX East earlier this year, and a few tournaments. One of my LGS’s stocks product, but it’s limited.

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 2d

I can speak to this!

Lorcana: Very firmly established as a running game, probably surpassing YuGiOh in some areas? Some current player issues due to just introducing “standard” and the most recent set mostly being reprints.

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Gametrodon @gametrodon.bsky.social · 3d

Me: Why would anyone buy a console when you can just game on PC?
Me, after 45 minutes of mucking about with computer bullshit to try to play Battlefield: Oh, that's why.